How to avoid getting hacked on social media

Online security isn’t easy to master,Everyone is vulnerable to getting hacked, from celebrities, to athletes, to average Joes.
NFL draft prospect Laremy Tunsil was the latest star athlete to fall victim to hacking after a photo of him smoking weeds surfaced right before the NFL Draft causing teams to second-guess selecting him.
Celebrities also are uneasy after their countless nude photos began popping up on the internet sonce 2014.
Here’s some advice on how to avoid getting hacked — and then embarrassed.

Don’t have the same password for everything

If you’re lazy, you might as well ask to be hacked.
One of the worst things that can happen to someone who spends a lot of time online is getting multiple accounts hacked at once.
If that happens and you have the same passwords for multiple accounts, such as for Facebook and your online banking service, brace yourself.
To avoid having to deal with multiple account compromises, make it a point to never have the same password for two accounts.

Don’t pick an obvious password, even if it’s personal to you

“Password” shouldn’t be your password, just like your first name shouldn’t be either.
A password has to be unique, but easy enough to remember. Having your last name, or you dog’s name may be unique, but it’s one of the first guesses someone who knows you will attempt if they are trying to hack you.
And even if a hacker hasn’t met you, which is usually the case, odds are you post pictures of your pet on social media with its name.
Choose a password only you can remember.

Make your social media accounts private.

Everyone wants more Twitter and Instagram followers (some want more Facebook friends too) but a great way to protect social media accounts is to make them private.
On Twitter, a site where accounts are more susceptible to hacking, it takes a few simple seconds. All you need to do is go to your settings, click on security and privacy, and enable tweet protection.
If you go that route, know that only your followers will see your tweets and every follow request you get will need your approval, like Facebook.

Don’t click on suspicious links

One security issue Facebook has that other social media sites don’t is bogus links.
They exist on Facebook and Instagram, but on Facebook they are more frequent.
If you click on a link to a quiz result your friend posted and it takes you to another site that tells you to log into Facebook, get suspicious. There’s no reason clicking on a link in your timeline would ever log you out of Facebook.

Don’t share your password

It’s an obvious suggestion, but a way to make sure nobody else has access to your accounts is to simply not tell anyone.
That way, if you have a falling out with someone, they won’t easily be able to get revenge which, sadly, happens a lot on the internet.

Written by Nicholas Parco