Is your Facebook account secured? If not then you risk losing your account to hackers. If you don’t want this to happen then you need to make sure that your Facebook account is more secure by following this article.
Social media handles have become a significant part of everyone’s life and all of us display more than half of our lives on social media. Social platforms such as Facebook have always dominated the market with its presence. But there are several instances where users’ accounts get hacked due to slight negligence.
Facebook has provided a variety of security features for its users to avoid data theft. These features guarantee the safety of the user’s information and prevent easy access to their data. With the following steps, you can protect your Facebook account from some common threats.
How To Make Your Facebook Account More Secure
The different methods that you can use to secure your Facebook account from being stolen or preventing theft of your personal and private information are listed below:
Step 1: Choose A Strong Password
When you make a Facebook account, you are asked to create a password so that next time when you log in to your account again, you can use the registered email id and the password created earlier to login to your account.
So, setting a strong password is the first step in making your Facebook account more secure. A secure password must fulfill the conditions mentioned below:
- It should be at least 2 to 14 characters long
- It should contain mix characters like alphanumeric
- Your password should not have any personal information
- It would be best if you used a new password and not the one which you have used before for any other account
- You can take the help of a parol yaratuvchisi or manager to choose a secure password
So, if you are creating an account and want to set the password, follow the steps mentioned below:
1.Open Facebook by using link facebook.com. The page shown below will open:
2.Enter the details like First name, Surname, Mobile number or email address, password, Birthday, gender.
Eslatma: Create a new password following the conditions mentioned above and make a secure and robust password.
3.After filling the details click on the Ro'yxatdan o'tish tugmasini bosing.
4.Security check dialog box will appear. Katakchani belgilang ning yonida I’m not a robot.
5.Again click on the Ro'yxatdan o'tish tugmasini bosing.
6.You will be asked to confirm your email address.
7.Open your Gmail account and confirm it.
8.Your account will be verified and click on the OK tugmasini bosing.
After completing the steps mentioned above, your Facebook account is created with a secure password.
But, if you already have a Facebook account and you want to change your password to make it more secure, follow the steps mentioned below:
1.Open Facebook by using the link facebook.com, The page shown below will open.
2.Login to your Facebook account by entering your elektron pochta manzili yoki telefon raqami va parol keyin ustiga bosing Kirish button next to the password box.
3.Your Facebook account will open. Choose the Sozlamalar option from the dropdown menu from the top-right corner.
4.The settings page will open up.
5. ni bosing Xavfsizlik va kirish option from the left panel.
6.Under Login, click on Kalit so'zni o'zgartirish.
7. kiriting current password and new password.
Eslatma: The new password you will be creating should be secure, so Parol yarating that follows the conditions mentioned yuqorida and make a strong and secure password.
8.If you get a sariq tick sign below your new password, it means your password is strong.
9. ni bosing O'zgarishlarni saqlang.
10.You will get a dialog box confirming that the password is changed. Choose any option from the box and then click the davom button or click on the X tugmachasini bosing yuqori o'ng burchakdan.
After completing the steps, your Facebook is now more secure as you have changed your password to a more secure one.
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Step 2: Use Login approvals
Setting or creating a strong password is not enough to make your Facebook account more secure. Facebook has added a new two-step authentication feature, which is called “Login Approvals” and can prove beneficial for a more secure Facebook Account.
You need to enable this feature if you want to make your Facebook account more secure. You can enable this feature following the steps mentioned below:
1. Ochiq Facebook by using link facebook.com. The page shown below will open.
2.Log in to your Facebook account by entering your email address or phone number and password. Now click on the Login button.
3.Your Facebook account will open. Choose the Sozlamalar ochiladigan menyudan variant.
4.Sozlamalar sahifasi ochiladi.
5.ni bosing Xavfsizlik va kirish option from the left panel.
6. ostida Ikki faktorli autentifikatsiyani bosing Edit button next to the Use two-factor authentication option.
7.ni bosing Ishga.
8.The dialog box will appear in which you will be asked to choose a Security method, and you will be given two choices either by Matnli xabar yoki Autentifikatsiya ilovasi.
Eslatma: If you do not want to add your phone number on Facebook, then choose the second option.
9.After choosing any one option, click on the Keyingi tugmasini bosing.
10.In the next step, you need to provide your phone number if you have chosen the Matnli xabar option. Enter the phone number and click on the Keyingi tugmasini bosing.
11.A verification code will be sent to your phone number. Enter it in the space provided.
12.After entering the code, click on the Keyingi button, and your two-factor authentication will be activated. Now, whenever you log in to Facebook, you will always get a verification code on your verified phone number.
13.But, if you have chosen the Autentifikatsiya ilovasi instead of Text message, then you will be asked to set up two-factor authentication using any third-party app. Scan the QR code using a third-party app that you want to use as an authentication app.
Eslatma: If your third party app is not available to scan the QR code, then you can also enter the code given in the box next to the QR code.
14.Keyin scanning or entering the codeni bosing Keyingi tugmasini bosing.
15.You will be asked to enter the code received on your authentication app.
16.After entering the code, click on the Keyingi button and your two-factor authentication will be faollashtirilgan.
17.Now, whenever you will log in to Facebook, you will get a verification code on your selected authentication app.
Step 3: Enable Login Alerts
Once you enable login alerts, you will be notified if anyone else tries to log in to your account using an unrecognized device or browser. Also, it allows you to check the machines where you are logged in, and if you find out that any of the devices listed are unrecognized, you can immediately log out your account from that device remotely.
But to use Login alerts, you will have to first enable them. To allow login alerts follow the steps mentioned below:
1. Ochiq Facebook by using link facebook.com. The page shown below will open.
2.Kirish to your Facebook account using your email address or phone number and the password. Keyin, ustiga bosing Kirish tugmasi next to the password box.
3.Your Facebook account will open. Choose Sozlamalar from the dropdown menu on the right top corner.
4.From the Settings page click on the Xavfsizlik va kirish option from the left panel.
5. ostida Setting up extra securityni bosing Edit yonidagi tugmani bosing Get alerts about unrecognized logins variant.
6.Now you’ll get four options for getting xabarnomalar. These four options are listed below:
- Get notifications on Facebook
- Get notifications on Messenger
- Get notifications on the registered Email address
- You can also add your Phone number to get notifications via text messages
7.Choose any one of the given options to get notifications. You can select the option by clicking on the checkbox next to it.
Eslatma: Siz ham tanlashingiz mumkin more than one option to get notifications.
8.After choosing your desired option, click on the saqlash o'zgarishlar tugmasini bosing.
After completing the steps mentioned above, your Login Alerts will be activated.
If you want to check from which devices your account is logged in, follow below steps:
1. Tanlang ri from the dropdown menu on the top right corner.
2. Navigatsiya qiling Xavfsizlik va kirish then under “Where You’re Logged in option,” you can see the names of all the devices where your account is logged in.
3. If you see an unrecognized device, keyin qila olasiz chiqish from that device by clicking on the uch nuqta belgisi next to that device.
4. If you do not want to check every device, then you chiqish from all the devices by clicking on the Log Out of All Sessions option.
Step 4: Audit the Apps or Websites that have Permission to access your Facebook Account
Sometimes, when you are using an app or website, you’ll be asked to sign in by creating a new account or sign in using your Facebook account. This is because such apps or websites have permission to access your Facebook account. But these apps & sites can serve as a medium to steal your private data.
To avoid this, you can select which apps or veb-saytlari can have access to your Facebook account. To remove the suspicious apps or websites follow the steps mentioned below:
1. ochiq Facebook by using link www.facebook.com. The page shown below will open.
2. Sizga kerak login to your Facebook account kiritish orqali email address or phone number and password.
3. Your Facebook account will open. Choose ri from the dropdown menu in the top right corner.
4.From the Settings page click on Ilovalar va veb-saytlar option from the left panel.
5. You will see all the active ilovalar va veb-saytlar that are using your Facebook account as the login account.
6. Agar xohlasangiz remove any app or website, katakchani belgilang next to that ilova yoki veb-sayt.
7.Finally, click on the O'chiring tugmasini bosing.
8.After completing the steps mentioned above, all the apps or websites you have chosen to remove will be deleted.
Step 5: Secure Browsing
Secure browsing plays a vital role in securing your Facebook account. By enabling secure browsing, you will be browsing your Facebook from a secure browser, which will help you to keep your Facebook account secure from spammers, hackers, viruses, and malware.
You need to enable secure browser by following the steps mentioned below:
1. Ochiq Facebook by using link www.facebook.com. The page shown below will open.
2.You will have to Kirish to your Facebook account by entering your email address or phone number and password.
3.Your Facebook account will open. Choose Sozlamalar from the dropdown menu from the top right corner.
4. ni bosing Xavfsizlik opsiyasi chap paneldan.
5. Belgisi Xavfsiz ko'rish option then click on the saqlash o'zgarishlar tugmasini bosing.
After completing all the steps, your Facebook account will always open in a secure browser.
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That’s it, I hope this article was helpful and now you will be able to make your Facebook account more secure in order to protect it from hackers.