Enable Trusted Contacts in Facebook and Recover Your Account When it Gets Compromised

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The social giant Facebook has made several changes like two-factor authentication to protect its users account security. Now Facebook come up with a new security feature called “Trusted Contacts”. This feature, which is now available for all its users, allow any Facebook users to recover their hacked account through the friends they trust. If you [...]

Three Apps to Stop Your Friends Infecting You on Facebook

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With the growing popularity of Facebook, social-media malware is also becoming increasingly common on Facebook. It spreads through infected links that people post on their friends’ walls and in their own status updates. This, in turn, infects other people’s News Feeds. Unfortunately majority of Facebook users either unaware of it or don’t care this.

How to Force Facebook and Twitter to Use HTTPS Instead of HTTP with Use HTTPS Chrome Extension

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You might have noticed that some web services start its URL with “https” instead of common “http”. The “s” denotes your computer is communicating with the site through a secure connection, so nobody can steal your confidential information. However, most popular sites such as Facebook, Twitter, etc currently have limited support for encryption over HTTPS, [...]

How to Limit Friend Requests From Strangers on Facebook

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There are several little things that you can fine-tune on Facebook to stay safe and private. For example, limiting unnecessary friend request from strangers or unknown people that you do not want to know. For many Facebook users these requests are annoyance, but unfortunately, many of them don’t know how to control it. By making [...]

Darker Side of Social Media [Infographic]

With all the benefits that social media offers, it is rapidly developing a darker side also. Scammers and cyber criminals are taking advantage of the element of trust present on social networking sites. Users’ behavior, new features, and apps available on social networking sites are giving bad guys more venues in which to instigate their [...]

BitDefender Safego For Twitter Protect You From Spam and Fishing Scams

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Last year we had published an article about BitDefender Safego, an app that can protect your privacy on Facebook. It checks user’s privacy levels and notifies any private information that is visible to public, so you can modify your privacy settings. Now BitDefender Safego can protect Twitter accounts as well. It helps you stay safe [...]