Today I am going to talk about something very important about your life and Facebook. Actually as you know Facebook is the biggest Social Network and seriously I am sure Google+ will take over Facebook because Google+ is not as spammy as Facebook. Because of million of users on Facebook security issue is much more complicated to solve privacy problems. One of those security issues is Facebook spam apps which can easily get your personal information without showing you a single message. Those spam apps on Facebook are able to get your birthday, friends list, email etc in seconds and those apps can also post on all groups and friends’ walls on behalf of your account. And no one knows what type of messages they can share so we need to be very careful when ever we use any common app. We can use big apps like FarmVille, AngryBirds , 8 Ball pool etc but there are many common apps which are responsible to spam the biggest network. So it is time to learn that how you can stay away from those Facebook spam apps to secure your identity as well as reputation.
How to Secure Your Account From Facebook Spam Apps
After knowing it that there are many spammy apps on Facebook, you are definitely thinking of how to stay away from those filthy and spammy apps and answer is simple just now read the steps written below and make sure you follow them to be safe and secure on Facebook.
Enable Secure Browsing
The first step about securing account is to enable secure browsing from Security Settings. It will help us a lot in making our accounts safe ever. Actually this technique uses SSL which encrypt all data we sent and receive on Facebook. And so you are thinking that is this useful and I will say yes it does effect because most of the unknown or spammy apps don’t have SSL Certificate so that if you will enable HTTPS browsing then those apps will not run properly and you will be safe.
Become an Investigator
It is time to become an investigator, just research about any app you think it looks spammy like you can see how many users are using that app if there are many then you are ready to use that app but if there are not many users who are using it then you should leave it, it is good for you and for your privacy.
Don’t Allow for More Permissions
If you really want to use any unknown app on Facebook then you can use it but remember when they ask for more permissions like post on your behalf, birthday, pages etc then just don’t allow them. But remember even if you don’t allow them for extra permissions still they can get your some personal information.
Ask Your Friends
You should also ask your friends about any unknown app you want to use. Hopefully they will help you and guide you if they ever used it.
Use Fake Account
The best option to test those types of apps is you should create any fake account just for testing not to tease others on Facebook. You can join any app and allow it for more permissions and see what happen while you use that app spend some time using that app.
How to Secure Your Account From Facebook Spam Apps
After knowing it that there are many spammy apps on Facebook, you are definitely thinking of how to stay away from those filthy and spammy apps and answer is simple just now read the steps written below and make sure you follow them to be safe and secure on Facebook.
Enable Secure Browsing
The first step about securing account is to enable secure browsing from Security Settings. It will help us a lot in making our accounts safe ever. Actually this technique uses SSL which encrypt all data we sent and receive on Facebook. And so you are thinking that is this useful and I will say yes it does effect because most of the unknown or spammy apps don’t have SSL Certificate so that if you will enable HTTPS browsing then those apps will not run properly and you will be safe.
Become an Investigator
It is time to become an investigator, just research about any app you think it looks spammy like you can see how many users are using that app if there are many then you are ready to use that app but if there are not many users who are using it then you should leave it, it is good for you and for your privacy.
Don’t Allow for More Permissions
If you really want to use any unknown app on Facebook then you can use it but remember when they ask for more permissions like post on your behalf, birthday, pages etc then just don’t allow them. But remember even if you don’t allow them for extra permissions still they can get your some personal information.
Ask Your Friends
You should also ask your friends about any unknown app you want to use. Hopefully they will help you and guide you if they ever used it.
Use Fake Account
The best option to test those types of apps is you should create any fake account just for testing not to tease others on Facebook. You can join any app and allow it for more permissions and see what happen while you use that app spend some time using that app.
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