Steps for securing Facebook

Facebook has over half a billion users–roughly the number of people that lived in North America in 2008. With so many users, it is no wonder that Facebook users are targets for malicious activity.  Make this one simple change to make sure you aren’t the next victim. Your banking website is encrypted in order to protect your finances and other sensitive data. Facebook offers that same type of encryption with only a couple clicks. Why anyone would not enable this option is beyond me (hopefully it is simply because they don’t know it exists which is what EasyDen is all about). To enable secure browsing following these simple steps:

1. Login to Facebook and go to Account Settings (under Account in the upper right corner of the page).
2. Click Account Security to expand those options.
3. Check the box under Secure Browsing (https).

There you have it, just that simple! Now, when you visit Facebook you should notice that the address bar begins with “https” rather than “http.” (Note that not all Facebook pages offer https.) Depending on your browser you may also notice a padlock icon that indicates secure browsing. Though this isn’t bulletproof security, it makes your browsing much more secure than it was yesterday.

Remember that there is no “perfect” security when using the Internet. This setting, though, goes a great distance toward making your Internet browsing more secure. With Facebook representing such a large part of everyone’s personal identity, it would be ridiculous to not enable this option.

Now, click the “Like” button below to share this article, leave a comment to let me know that you enabled this option, and share this with your friends so they too can be better protected while using Facebook!