Facebook Security

[Doug Rucker]

THIS IS REAL. A friend of friends acct recently was hacked. Do the following. While on Facebook, look at your URL address; if you see http: instead of https: then you don't have a secure session and you can be hacked. Go to Account|Account Settings|Account Security and click Change, then click the first box. Make sure you save changes.

I did this on my page and it worked. Very easy to do.
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[Grime Busters]

Thanks Doug. I read an interesting article on PCWorld.com today, will post after this response. Stragley enough, the article on PCWorld.com does not mention the security "flaw" you have pointed out.

If/when you do change your URL settings, make certain you update all of the links you have created (such as FaceBook buttons and links on your website(s), blogs and other SEO related tools). The preceeding statement is an assumption, since I have not yet actually followed the suggested steps, I am not confirming this will happen, but seems to me to be a real possibility.

THIS IS REAL. A friend of friends acct recently was hacked. Do the following. While on Facebook, look at your URL address; if you see http: instead of https: then you don't have a secure session and you can be hacked. Go to Account|Account Settings|Account Security and click Change, then click the first box. Make sure you save changes.

I did this on my page and it worked. Very easy to do.
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[Grime Busters]

Facebook Privacy: 10 Must-Know Security Settings

Facebook Privacy: 10 Must-Know Security Settings

Facebook Privacy: 10 Must-Know Security Settings - PCWorld

 

[Doug Rucker]

Thanks Jim, will do. This was posted on a friends of my page and I did it and it weemed to work for me. However, not being a computer savy person, I appreciate you and others checking these out. I'll post em in Mod section next time so we can check em before posting to the world. Thanks for having my back Jim. appreciate it bro.

 

[Grime Busters]

No worries Doug. There is a wealth of advice on the Internet (and especially FB) but in this day and age it all needs to be verified.

Thanks Jim, will do. This was posted on a friends of my page and I did it and it weemed to work for me. However, not being a computer savy person, I appreciate you and others checking these out. I'll post em in Mod section next time so we can check em before posting to the world. Thanks for having my back Jim. appreciate it bro.