HOW TO PROTECT YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT FROM BEING HACKED

HOW TO PROTECT YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT FROM BEING HACKED

Social media are computer-mediated technologies that allow individuals, companies, NGOs ,

governments, and other organizations to view, create and share information , ideas, and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks .The variety of stand-alone and built-in social media services currently available introduces challenges of
definition; however, there are some common features:

1. Social media are interactive Web 2.0 Internet - based applications,
2. User-generated content such as text posts or comments, digital photos or videos, as well as data
generated through all online interactions, are the lifeblood of the social media organism,
3. Users create service-specific profiles for the website or app, that are designed and maintained by
the social media organization , and
4. Social media facilitate the development of online social networks by connecting a user's profile with
those of other individuals and/or groups.

 

SURE WAYS TO BE PROTECTED FROM HACKERS

1. Protecting Your Own Password : Enable Login Approval. This is Facebook's two-factor authentication system, and can foil nearly any attempt to access your account without permission. When an access attempt is detected on an unrecognized device, your mobile phone will be sent a code that will need to be entered in order to log in. Without this code, the
intruder will not be able to access your Facebook
account.

Steps:

1. Log in to your Facebook account.
2. Click the Menu button in the upper-right and select "Settings".
3. Click the "Security" tab.
4. Click "Edit" next to the "Login Approvals"entry.
5. Follow the prompts to enable Login Approvals. 
6. You will need to associate your mobile phone number with your Facebook account.

2. Pick a unique password. Avoid using names, birthdays, home addresses, or real words in
your password, as these are easy to guess. To ensure security, your password should be a
combination of words and letters, preferably in a totally random order. The longer and more
random your password is, the better.

3.Use different passwords for different
accounts. If you use the same password for your email, your online banking, and your
Facebook account, then it will be easier for people to hack into all of your information once
they have discovered one of your passwords.

4. Change your password frequently. If you suspect that somebody else has your login
information, then you should change your password immediately to prevent them from hacking into your account without your permission.

5. Remember to log out. This is especially important if you are logging into your
account on somebody else's computer or mobile device. You may even want to consider logging out of your account on your own computer each time, especially if you know that somebody else will be using your computer.

6. Install a firewall to detect keystroke
logging. The firewall will alert you anytime
information on your computer is being sent out
to a third party and ask for your permission first

HOW TO CHECK IF SOMEONE HACKED YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT

• Log into your Facebook account and click the gear icon in the far right corner. 
• Once the drop down menu appears, go to Settings.
• Click Security and scroll down and click
• "Edit" next to the Active Sessions category.   

Nb: This section records every time someone logs into an account from a desktop computer or app. 

• If you see a suspicious login, click end activity.
•  After that, scroll back up to the top and report a problem. 
• Immediately change your password so this never happens again.. 

I hope you learnt. Better safe than sorry, so they say. The next post is on How to guard your Gmail against hacking. until then, nice read.

10 SIMPLE WAYS TO EARN MONEY ONLINE….

Have you ever wondered how People make money online? I bet you must have asked how possible this is. The other day I was sharing with a friend of mine and reminded her that anybody can earn money online and I guess you can imagine the look she gave me.  You may be one of those doubting the very possibility of earning money online. Here below I have listed the 10 major ways to earn money online.

1. Take an online survey for a pay
You can start by joining GPT sites where you can take online surveys for a pay. Besides surveys you can be paid for watching videos, playing games and doing some other activities. Ensure you have an account with PayPal

Check GPT sites here

2. Earn from PTC
Here you earn money by clicking and reading the advertisement for 10 to 30 seconds and get paid for each and every advertisement.  No investment needed here.

Check the list of 5 best PTC sites here.

3 Become a Freelancer.
Freelancing involves working online as a content writer, web designer, graphic designer or providing services like data entry, SEO etc. you can earn as much as $500 to $2000+ i.e. around Ksh 50,000

Popular websites offering such opportunities are, elance, freelance.in, upwk etc

4. Blogging.

You can make money online by writing content about companies, institutions, individual person on  your website or theirs as well as promoting the products brands online. Check on sites like iwriter, expresswriters.com, freelancewritinggigs.com etc
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5.Web design
This is the most reliable way of earning money online and earning big. To get a simple guide about website development, read on how simple developing a web is on my previous post.  If you have an idea about how the web works and how to develop one, then you are good to start earning good money online. You can develop webs for customers from all walks of life. Web developers can also create websites run for 4-6 months and sell to other people.

6. Becoming an online seller.
You can try to identify some best products you can sell online on behalf of another business person and earn some commission. This is very easy because no technicalities needed. What you is the social media platform and good following on facebook,twitter, instagram etc. Top shopping portals include Amazon ebay,flipkart, SnapDeal etc.

7. Affiliate marketing.
Affiliate marketing is used widely to promote Web sites, and affiliates are rewarded for every visitor, subscriber, or customer provided through their efforts. This needs you to refer potential customers to a linked product on the websites. Affiliates are paid for performance, so affiliate marketing is also referred to as performance or referral marketing.

8.  Providing training and consultancies
If you are endowed with some good skill and you love informing and educating people like me then you can still make money in a given field of focus. You can provide teachings at a charge, unlike me who does so freely.

9.  Compiling resourceful materials, ebook, video, tutorials etc
EBooks and video tutorials are hot cakes online. People who are in such of some information download the videos and eBooks(PDF) at a pay.

10. Trying/Testing apps (applications/softwares)
Software developers offer good cash for the people who offer to try out their newly developed applications and provide reviews. You can also sign up on sites that offer cash for playing games and watching video. I will show you such apps on my next post.

HOW TO START YOUR BLOG THE SIMPLEST WAY

Did you think starting a blog only belongs to computer techs.?

Have you asked yourself what the heck you need to start a blog for?

Godamn it. Maybe I shouldn’t bother doing blogging. After all what do I gain from it?

I know these thoughts must have raced through your mind at one time. Worry no more. I am here to help. Nothing but help! Help you have a simplified understanding of the whole rocket science, or so you may think, about blogging. Remember I used to be a blog newbie too. I had the same worries. But good news is, I am no longer a stranger in this dynamic field. I blog for fun and money. Sounds good, huh?  I do it on this platform MYEXPERTSHUB.COM free of charge. I mean it, no charges at all! No parting with even a cent. You can too. Take this very simple journey with me and you won’t regret wasting your time. Instead you will appreciate you did it.

Awesome. Let’s get started.

On to the preliminaries. The starting point. 

Why the heck should you start your own blog anyway?

There are a number of reasons why you should start your own personal blog:

1.     A platform to share your thoughts boldly without intimidation: It is only on your blog posts that you have all the freedom to speak your mind freely.

2.   Fantastic way to connect to other and discuss issues: on the blog you can connect easily and effectively with the world given its interactive platform on which you receive feedback from your readers.

3.   Self development and insights: Who doesn’t like doing something new and in a different way. Blogging gives one an opportunity to embrace technology in typography and improve on your content presentation skills.

4.   The best reason is you can literally mint money from blogging. Through blogging you can generate income through various ways, advertisement, , tracking and many other ways. This remains a story for another day.

5 Steps on how to start your own blog.

1.     Choose your blog platform.. This is where you want to build your blog. Examples are Blogger, Wordpress, Custom, Movable type, Drupal, Gawker, Blogsmith, Tumblr etc Wordpress is the best but you have to pay for web hosting. Google is second best but has strict rules. My advice would be to start with Blogger as your start your blogging journey.
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2.   Choose web hosting for your blog. Choosing the company that puts up your blogs on the internet for everyone else to see. Everything will be save there. You can choose hosted or non hosted platform. With hosted platforms you don’t have a domain of your own. Simple explanation of domain name was covered in my previous blog, My First Blog. The website’s URL will end with the blog host’s name e.g. wordpress.com, blogspot.com etc. In non-hosted platforms, you customize your web to what you want, e.g. myexpertshub.com. But you have to part with some money. You pay around $10-15 a year, depending on a hosting company.

3.   Setting up your own blog: It includes opening up a website and writing blog post on your new website. This need dedication and designing on topics you want to cover in you blogs. There should be clear relation on the posts drawn from your niche. Stick to a given topic.

4.   Designing your website: This involves making your website look the way you want it. Setting themes, appearance, layout, and other features.

5.    Learning from bloggers and resource relevant: blogging is a journey by all virtues. Start slowly and increase the momentum steadily. You learn of new things every day. Embrace good things. Discard bad ones. You can do more research on the blogging topic and you will be amazed at how much good and insightful information you can gather. Feel free to contact me or ask for guidance on the comment section below. 

Don’t miss out on my next post about 10 Tips on Blogging