您的社交媒体账户并不像您想象的那样私密

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.

如何确保社交媒体账户的私密性和安全性

在社交媒体上保持个人隐私和安全似乎很困难，但我们已经想出了一些办法来帮助您锁定一切。我们还承诺，为了您的在线数据，我们的实用技巧很容易维护。

方法如下

- 使用强大、独特的密码

我们已经坚持了很久，但你会惊讶地发现，只需研究一下周围的环境，就能轻而易举地猜出一个人的密码。密码可以是亲人的生日、宠物的名字（一般可以在钥匙扣上找到），甚至是最简单的 "密码"。大多数人往往会忘记需要保护的数据的重要性，只是一味地选择最简单的密码。

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.

- 撤销对第三方应用程序的访问权限

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.

您需要检查自己是否仍然连接到这些应用程序；方法是进入账户设置，在应用程序部分进行确认。如果你发现自己的账户中链接了应用程序，那么必须立即取消这些应用程序的访问权限。

- 相应调整您的隐私设置

虽然不同的社交平台可能会有独特的隐私设置，但它们都有一个共同的目标，那就是保护你的数据隐私和安全。

例如，要调整 Facebook 的隐私设置，请访问 菜单> 然后 设置> 隐私然后根据自己的喜好更改一切。你可以选择谁可以查看你的东西、控制对朋友信息的访问以及第三方应用程序的权限。

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.

- 始终使用强大的 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.