How to Keep Your Facebook Account Safe from hackers

There are many ways through which others can access your facebook account. Most of the cases, the sole reason for an account to get hacked is the account owner itself. The careless and poor behavior of us leaves our account more vulnerable. Here are some ways through which u can ensure your account safety.

1. First of all you need to do is activate the securities available in Facebook . 

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•  Always enable secure browsing. It encrypts all your activity on Facebook which makes it harder for anyone to access your information on Facebook without your permission. Follow theses simple steps to activate Secure browsing in Facebook. Check this link
• Facebook can notify you of a login from a previously unrecognized device via email to your default email (the one you use to login) or text/push notification on your mobile device. I recommend turning on at least the login notification emails. Unless you’re logging in from 15 different computers each day, you won’t get backed up with emails.
• People always worry about third-party applications and the security of their Facebook account. With App Passwords, you can securely log into apps using this generated password instead of your account password. The downside is that it might disable some apps that can’t receive security codes and lock you out of those apps.
• Once you log in securely into your account from a previously unrecognized location, Facebook will give you the option of naming that location as a recognized device. Once recognized, Facebook will not notify you of log in attempts from that device. This section lists all your recognized devices and the dates you gave them access. You can remove devices at anytime by clicking “Remove.”
• Now, this is my favorite section! It shows you all your active Facebook sessions. It tells you the device name, date accessed and approximate location. The “current session” is always the one you’re currently using on Facebook. If you notice any unfamiliar devices or locations, you can always end the session by clicking “End Activity.” It will log the other device out. I travel a lot, so I’m constantly checking this section before and after I travel (at least one to three times a month). It’s a good idea to check this section a few times a month just for verification purposes.

2. Secondly, add a limit to the applications you use.
    
    Applications are one of the main route through which others access your account.
    There  are amny applications such as farmville which give your personal details to third partys.
    For more information about application threats read this.

3. Donot leave your account signed in when you are in a public computer.
 
    Many of us donot have the habit of signing out from any website. Most of the time in cafes or in
    a public computer, we can find people satying online in websites even if they go. we should
    develop a habit in us to sign out from a website.

4. Better donot Use your Accounts in public.

    Better donot use your facebook account or any other accounts in public computers. Many
    applications and devices are now available in the market which records the every key you press in
    your keyboard. A device in well known amoung hackers which is connected directly to the
    keyboard wire of a PC which records the keystroke.These key strokes are saved into a text file
    which can be checked to get your password or any thing you type. Also Plenty of software are
    available in which has the same funtionality.

How to Activate Secure Connection in Facebook

     Keeping Your account safe is as important as taking medicines for prevention....
     Always use secure browsing. Follow these steps to activate secure browsing
     1. While in your facebook home page, click on the down arrow button and select Account Settings

 
     2. Under the security tab,  click on 'edit' next to the line 'Secure browsing is disabled '.

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    3.  Tick 'Browse  facebook on secure.... ' and save changes ...

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 Thats all.. Your Connections now will be in Https  and not http...

Beware of Hackers in facebook..

Getting a facebook account hacked is quite common now a days .. But the actually, you are the one who allows them to hack your account.. The main plot for hackers are the applications we use...
When  we are using any application in facebook , we are using it by clicking an allow button. We never find time to check what we are allowing. Most of the applications asks for permission to post on the wall, access our personal details, update status, other some other privileges .. When we find something posted on our wall we say its hacked,... actually its done by ourselves by allowing them to access our wall.. So READ the privileges you give before you allow any app.

Note :
Also If you find your wall posted with annoying posts, you can take there privileges away.

Caution:
There are many apps in facebook who give your details to third party.

Here are some tips for keeping your account safe. Check this link.

Can I Upload Moving Pictures Or Animated Gifs on my Facebook?

Can i upload moving pictures in my facebook account???.. Is facebook supporting animated pics??? 

These are common questions amoung the facebook  users.. The first thing you need to know is Facebook doesnot support animated gifs or moving pictures.. Facebook doesnot alow you to upload a animated gif.. Even if you upload a .gif format picture, it shows only the first image of the sequence..

But i had seen animated pics in someone's profile????

But, There are applications which support animated gifs. You can add these picture to your album through this applications.. You can also share this pictures to your friends..
Some of the common  applications are Cute Animated Gif, Animated Gif, Animated gifs by kathy etc.
Note : These images donot work if you try to download and upload it to your album manually...

But here is a way to add pictures to your status updates.... check this link

CAUTION :
Please be  careful before you simply add applications .. Check this link for more information about your account safety...