8 Facebook Security Tips You Must Follow

8 Facebook Security Tips You Must Follow

Facebook recently reached one billion active users. That accounts for one-seventh of the total world population. Providing security for these many accounts is quite difficult. But Facebook has an amazing security mechanism, still thousands of accounts are compromised each day. This is not because Facebook is not secure, but because people don’t know who to secure their account and enhance their account’s security.

1. Picking A Strong Password

Most of us keep short and easy to remember passwords. But we must keep in mind that these passwords are easy to guess too. Moreover our near and dear ones can also figure out easy passwords. So we must choose out of the blue passwords and also a combination of small and capital letter, numbers and special characters.

2. Logging Out

I know everybody knows this. But doing this every time is necessary to keep your Facebook account away from being misused, especially on shared computers or public computers. Most web browsers automatically logs us out once we close the Browser windows, but some does not. Moreover you will not be logged out automatically if you by mistake select “Keep Me Logged In”.

3. Use a good Antivirus Bundled with Internet Security

Most of us use an Antivirus program. But an antivirus does not protects us from online theft and phishing attempts. For this you need to have internet security enabled Antivirus. Today most of the big Antivirus companies provide an Internet Security package in addition to the traditional Antivirus package. It is more costly but is a must to protect you from online scams.

4. Enable Secure Browsing (HTTPS)

The old HTTP connections are outdated and are quite vulnerable because they do not offer encryption. So Facebook offers the secure HTTP connection that encrypts all the data that is sent from your computer to Facebook and vice-versa. Anyone who gets hand on your data can not use or see it since it is encrypted. This can be enabled through the security tab.

5. Enable Login Notifications

This feature again should surely be enabled because this notifies you whenever some one logs in to your account from an unrecognized device. Facebook can notify you through a text message on your mobile device or can send an Email informing you about the login. Visit security tab to enable this feature.

6. Adding A Security Question

A security question lets you get access to your account even without a password. The answer to the security question must be kept secret as you keep your password. The answer should not always be true because most of the questions are related to you and the answers would most probably be known by your near and dear ones. So any one who knows you may be aware of the answer. This again can be kept from the security tab. NOTE that you won’t see this if you have already added a security question.

7. One Time Passwords

This is the best and least known security feature in Facebook. This allows you to get a One Time Password to log in to your Facebook account from any computer. This password is valid only for 20 minutes. You can get this by typing “opt” within a message and sending it to 32665. This works in US. For other countries see this list. This makes logging in to a public computer or in front of any one else easy and without having any security concerns.

8. Beware Of Phishing Pages

Phishing was the fastest way to know passwords of any body’s Facebook account sometime ago. But today, most modern browsers are smart and can detect phishing pages. But still some of them miss sometimes. Phishing page is a page that is designed similar to the original site in looks, but it sends your login details to the designer of the phishing page. To save yourself from phishing, always check the URL of the page when you are entering your login details. It should be “facebook.com”. Give special attention to the spelling too, this is because people are smart. They will keep the URL that resembles the original site, like “faceb00k.com” or “faccbook.com” so that you think the page is from the original site itself.

These were the 8 security tips I thought would be great to ensure maximum security for you Facebook account. To add your tip to this list, use the comment form below.

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Simple Tips for Daily Life

1. Forget about the expensive toilet disinfectants, when you can have this simple and easier idea to clean your toilet bowls.

2. Lemon is one of the most common natural cleaner that can be used to clean all stainless part of the house.

3. Salt scrub makes you clean your pan easier compare to your typical way of cleaning!

4. A very practical idea that would make your yellowish old white cloth like a new one. This is very effective, you should try this trick.

5. This shows how you properly clean your keyboards! Cleaning keyboards is not an easy task, but with this article you can know the step by step procedure to clean them.

6. Vinegar, baking Soda and lemon are three of the most effective natural cleaning reagents that we can use at home.

7. Apply this string theory to easily clean your stainless utensils, example forks.

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25 AWESOME TIPS FOR BEAUTIFUL LIFE

25 AWESOME TIPS FOR BEAUTIFUL LIFE!!!

1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. & while you walk, SMILE. It is the ultimate antidepressant.

2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.

3. When you wake up in the morning, Pray to ask God’s guidance for your purpose, today.

4. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants. 

5. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, broccoli, and almonds.

6. Try to make at least three people smile each day.

7. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

8. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card. 

9. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.

10. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Forgive them for everything.

11. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

12. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

13. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.

14. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

15. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

16. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: ‘In five years, will this matter?

17. Help the needy, Be generous ! Be a ‘Giver’ not a ‘Taker’

18. What other people think of you is none of your business.

19. Time heals everything.

20. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

21. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

22. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

23. Each night before you go to bed ,Pray to God and Be thankful for what you’ll accomplish, today.

24. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.

25. Always Be Happy 

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How safe is your password?

How safe is your password?

The first step in protecting your online privacy is creating a safe password - i.e. one that a computer program or persistent individual won't easily be able to guess in a short period of time. To help you choose a secure password, we've created a feature that lets you know visually how safe your password is as soon as you create it.

Tips for creating a secure password:

• Include punctuation marks and/or numbers.
• Mix capital and lowercase letters.
• Include similar looking substitutions, such as the number zero for the letter 'O' or ' for the letter 'S'.
• Create a unique acronym.
• Include phonetic replacements, such as 'Luv 2 Laf' for 'Love to Laugh'.

Things to avoid:

• Don't reuse passwords for multiple important accounts, such as Gmail and online banking.
• Don't use a password that is listed as an example of how to pick a good password.
• Don't use a password that contains personal information (name, birth date, etc.)
• Don't use words or acronyms that can be found in a dictionary.
• Don't use keyboard patterns (asdf) or sequential numbers (1234).
• Don't make your password all numbers, uppercase letters or lowercase letters.
• Don't use repeating characters (aa11).

Tips for keeping your password secure:

• Never tell your password to anyone (this includes significant others, roommates, parrots, etc.).
• Never write your password down.
• Never send your password by email.
• Periodically test your current password and change it to a new one.

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15 Tips to Develop Memory and Concentration

15 Tips to Develop Memory and Concentration

Now almost all the people are suffering from Memory problems. The ratio might be different between different people. Brain cells don’t produce other brain cells and thus their death means permanent loss. So many reasons like digestive disorders, physical weakness, typhoid, continuous stress, any of the chronic diseases, by-birth mental defects and less than normal quantity of blood cause brain cell death. Absentmindedness, difficulty to memorize the lessons, forgetting to do the scheduled things, not recognizing the known persons are some of the symptoms of this disease. Though the brain cells cannot be produced they can be revived in certain manner. Below some tips which will help you to get rid of this problem.

1. Drink a glass of bit juice every day; you can use it as salad either.

2. Bite a sweet apple before meal daily to sharpen your memory.

3. Eat the watermelon seeds with watermelon fruits.

4. Use of pepper in food is beneficial to solve memory problem.

5. Boil half a liter of milk with 4-5 leaves of Peepal (Sacred Fig tree). Filter the milkand drink it with some sugar candy mixed in it daily for some days.

6. Take 25 gram of cream butter (Makkhan), mix some peeper and jiggery and lick it well.

7. Regular use of ripe pumpkins as curry and daily use of honey serve to strengthen your brain power.

8. Having mixed salad and regular fruit eating habit prevents memory loss.

9. Create a habit of eating two walnuts every day; it is the panacea to increase memory power. But better soak it in water 3-4 hours prior to eating in hot seasons.

10. Continuous use of cashews, peanuts etc work wonder in the field of increasing memory.

11. The fluid intake should be sufficient. Insufficient fluid in the body causes memory loss.

12. Cultivate the faculty of imagination. Whatever you want to remember try to visualize it which will help to remember and you will enjoy it too.

13. Mental stress causes memory loss. So it should be avoided as far as possible and removed. The best way to remove stress and increase memory and concentration is meditation. Practice meditation for 10-15 minutes every day.

13. Do some exercise daily so that the lazy body will not affect the mind and you will feel fresh.

14. Practice some eye exercises on a daily basis. Specially turning the eyeballs right and left is the most, after 10-12 times close eyes and do palming.

15. Performing pranayamas which are effective to improve memory and concentration.

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