Want to keep your Facebook account safe from hackers? A little known feature in Facebook will help you stay on top of your Facebook account and everyone who’s accessing it. The feature, provides you with notifications every time a person accesses it from a new computer. You can receive both email and SMS notifications about the access. It’s a feature that Facebook doesn’t heavily broadcast, but it’s definitely useful. Here’s how to secure your account in 5 seconds.
Step 1
Log in to Facebook and simply click on the “Account” drop down in the top right corner of the site. Then click on “Account Settings” as pictured in the image below.
Step 2
After you are in your account settings, simply click on the “change” link directly next to “Account Security” toward the bottom of the page (as shown in the image below). From there you will be able to turn on notifications for each login that takes place from a new device.
You’re Done!
That’s it! You will now receive notifications every time someone logs in to your account from a new computer. Thanks a million to Mari Smith who pointed out this feature on here Facebook wall.
I’ve been using this for a while now. It works well. I get an email & txt everytime I log in from somewhere new or a new application.
great !!
Great idea! Thanks for sharing.
thnx Mari Smith
This is a great feature, but I would hardly consider an account secured based on this setting alone. For instance, if an attacker is able to guess your password, this feature will only notify you of a new login, not prevent it from happening.
Hmmm! I wonder if that’s changed because last I looked at that it seemed to limit log-in’s to certain devices. Either the option has changed a bit or I was cracked last time I looked at it. Thanks for the reminder that it’s there, I just activated it.
Thank you so much for the heads up. I just updated my setting.
Good tip, Nick. Greater notice and control over your account is a big plus.
The only setback in selecting this Facebook Security Option is that if you clear your browser cache, it will ask you to confirm your login location every time you login. A minor distraction, however, for increased security.
Many Thanks, I have updated my settings, too.
I had done this for a business page I do for a company and I ended up with a blank white screen. I tried logging in again and I would only get a white screen.The other person with access had the same problem so I had to turn it off
Great information Nick will definitely pass this on to all of our small business friends who are getting involved in Facebook…many of them are not particularly good at thinking about security. Appreciate the information.
This is great info. Really important security in this day of cyber theft and privacy invasion. Thanks for the article and to Mari Smith for her original posting.
If the hacker gains access, the first thing he may do is change the email address and you won’t get your notifications.
It’s better to have a preventative measure such as logging in using httpS — secure email protocol.
but—-all the person has to do is sign in once. the tool
doesn’t prevent them from access, it only tells you that they’ve accessed your Facebook. AND after that one access you’ve been notified about, further accesses by the person using the same computer go unreported??!! How much protection is that, really?
Thanks, I was just wondering about making my site “out of sight”. and now I’m know hwo is on , and I love that
THANKS Pops
I love them
great, thanks for sharing!,
but umm, i wish facebook has a notification that u can know the people whos viewing you…
i follow the steps on facebook but still not working
Thanks for the welcome and great advice!