Almost everybody relies heavily on social media platforms to try and connect with others. That means occasionally having to voice our opinions on current affairs and what’s happening around us; both via text or social media. However, we continuously tend to turn a blind eye to the dangers of publicly displaying our information on the internet. Typically, we come short of the effects of not keeping our social accounts private and secure when it is too late. Most threats are from cyber-bullying, social-profiling, information leaks to third-party apps, cyber-stalking and the list is always increasing.
如何 保持社交媒體帳戶的私密性和安全性
雖然在社交媒體上保持私密和安全似乎很困難，但我們提出了一些方法來説明您鎖定內容。我們還承諾，為了您的在線數據，我們的練習技巧易於維護。
方法如下：
·使用強大的唯一密碼
·使用強大的唯一密碼我們已經堅持了這一點，但您會驚訝於猜測密碼是多麼容易;只是通過研究他們的環境。可以是親人的出生日期，寵物的名字（通常在鑰匙持有人上找到），甚至是所有“密碼”中最簡單的。大多數人通常會忘記需要保護的數據的重要性，只需選擇最簡單的密碼即可。
To create a secure password, always use uppercase and lowercase letters, numeric and even special symbols. Avoid going for the obvious words that anyone would predict. To illustrate, I will choose “High Garden” then proceed to make a password like: “H2i0g1h!G0a1r2d3e?n#”. To break the pattern, you need to change your passwords after a certain period. A period of about two months would suffice.
·撤銷對第三方應用的訪問許可權
On social media, you will find an application requesting permission to view your account information; that is a third-party app. Photo-editors, Twitter-unfollowers, Insta-follows, games, or video-editors are all third-party apps when they request data from your social accounts.
您需要檢查是否仍連接到這些應用程式中的任何一個;轉到您的帳戶設置，在“應用程式”部分進行確認。如果您發現您的帳戶已關聯應用程式，則必須立即撤銷對這些應用程式的訪問許可權。
·相應地調整您的隱私設置
·相應地調整您的隱私設置儘管不同的社交平臺可能有獨特的隱私設置，但它們都具有相同的目標，即保護您的數據私密和安全。
例如，要調整您的Facebook隱私設置：轉到功能表>然後轉到設置>隱私，然後根據您的喜好更改所有內容。您將可以選擇誰可以查看您的資料，控制對朋友資訊的訪問以及對第三方應用程式的許可權。
Twitter and Instagram, both have the similar settings, with the most obvious being switching your account from Public to Private. This way you will have secured your account from non-followers. You can also change privacy options like who can tag you, as well as posts with locations.
·始終使用強大的 VPN
While you may have done all of the above practice tips, you still have to take an extra measure that is very important. To ascertain that you are private and secure while on social media, or while connected to a public network, then use a VPN. Having a reliable VPN service will ensure no one notices your online presence, no phishing of information, and certainly no monitoring from your local ISP or Government.
Staying connected to a VPN means your data is well encrypted and secured from cyber-attacks.
