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How to secure Social Media

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  1. [Twitter]
  2. Securing Twitters can be more difficult than Instagram, so it's best for you that you follow these exact steps to ensure maximum security towards your account. Note that you must be on the Twitter Website (Phone or PC) to secure an account. PC's are recommended.
  3.  
  4. Firstly,
  5.  
  6. Email
  7.  
  8. Head over to Edit Profile on your browser and simply change your email address and save changes. Like always, ensure that it is legitimate and is confirmed.
  9.  
  10. Password
  11.  
  12. Move over to Password on the left side of the tabs and make your password complex and hard to guess for others trying to guess your details.
  13.  
  14. Apps
  15.  
  16. Once you've changed your password, a screen like this should appear.
  17.  
  18. [Image: 8e2800cd8ce041938b622d1ad8e6c01b.png]
  19.  
  20. Click Review Applications and simply Revoke Access to all the apps that are displayed. Same as Instagram, this removes all the 3rd party apps linked to your account, making it harder for the user to gain access to your account.
  21.  
  22. Mobile Number
  23.  
  24. This is optional, but head over to Mobile and simply associate your phone to your account.
  25.  
  26. Extra Security
  27.  
  28. (1) Login Verification
  29. (2) Password Reset
  30.  
  31. (1) Login Verification
  32.  
  33. Jump on over to Security & Privacy and enable Verify Login Requests, this is the 2STEP Twitter has implemented into their system which will text you a login code every time you try to access your account.
  34. Like stated previously, keep your phone provider and number private to avoid any text forwarding.
  35.  
  36. (2) Password Reset
  37.  
  38. This will send you a verification code to your phone number linked to your account in order to reset your password. Very beneficial and prevents others from seeing hints of your email.
  39.  
  40. That's it for the twitter side of things. :angel:
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  43.  
  44. [Instagram]
  45. There are many ways to efficiently secure your Instagram account. I'll be going through the basics, such as changing your password and email. Then going more in-depth to breaking all pullable email links, adding and removing a facebook on the account, removing 3rd party applications and other little tips.
  46.  
  47. Email & Password
  48.  
  49. First you want to login to Instagram.com and head over to Edit Your Profile and simply change your email and password.
  50. Ensure that the email is confirmed and legit information - this can prevent you from locking yourself out of your own account, which you definitely don't want to happen.
  51.  
  52. Breaking Email Links
  53.  
  54. Whatever your email provider is (Preferred - Gmail) you are allowed to add an alternative (+) to the end of your email address. This lets you sign up to multiple websites using the same email address and having all your emails be sent to the one inbox.
  55.  
  56. To breaking these links, for example, lets say you changed your email address and confirmed it to: example@gmail.com
  57. You now want to go back into settings and change your email to: example+whateveryouwant@gmail.com
  58. You will receive two emails in your inbox.
  59.  
  60. (1) To confirm your newly changed email address
  61. (2) You being notified that your email has been changed from the previous to the current.
  62.  
  63. You now want to confirm your email and head over to (2) and you will see something like this.
  64.  
  65. [Image: 1a96480b5ce24249ae84cf2d4227f306.png]
  66.  
  67. You now want to click please secure your account and it'll direct you to a page looking like this
  68.  
  69. [Image: 3222404f64884123ad5eb2a2abccdd37.png]
  70.  
  71. You now want to click This was me and now you're down with this section.
  72.  
  73. *This prevents the seller clicking Secure Account and change the password to your rightfully owned account.*
  74.  
  75. Removing 3rd Party Applications
  76.  
  77. On the Edit Profile page on Instagram.com you'll see a tab to the left thats says Authorized Applications, if there are any apps listed be sure to Revoke Access on any of them.
  78.  
  79. Removing & Adding a Facebook
  80.  
  81. You want to be on a mobile device when doing this, head over to the Settings icon on your profile and go to Linked Accounts.
  82.  
  83. [Image: h1q4EXq.png]
  84.  
  85. From there, click on the Facebook tab and it'll direct you to the login page, enter your Facebook Details and allow authorization for your account.
  86.  
  87. [Image: tuA2TuF.png]
  88.  
  89. To ensure your Facebook is linked, it'll be displayed next to the icon.
  90.  
  91. [Image: 1vnvTPC.png]
  92.  
  93. You then now want to log out of your account which will not put you on the login screen. Click Get help with signing in.
  94. Now choose Reset Using Facebook and click Ok
  95.  
  96. [Image: sntcKHn.png]
  97.  
  98. You will now be forced to change your password. Once done, you can then now re-link your Facebook account using the same process. Done.
  99.  
  100. Extra Info
  101.  
  102. (~) If it's on a new account, upload a selfie and save the photo. You can use this for easily recovering your account if you were to ever have it pulled back / hacked from you.
  103. (~) Temporarily disabling your account can ensure more account safety.
  104.  
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  106.  
  107. [Kik]
  108. Kik is one of the easiest platforms when it comes to securing your account, all you simply have to do is change the email and password associated to the account. No screenshots need to be provided as it's pretty self explanatory.
  109.  
  110. (~) Just ensure that the email is confirmed incase you ever forget your password.
  111.  
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  113.  
  114. [Snapchat]
  115. Snapchat is also another easy platform when it comes to securing. Most of the options are all combined so it makes it easier to locate the settings you need.
  116.  
  117. Password
  118.  
  119. When logged in, simply head over to the settings tab and the first thing you obviously want to do is change your password. Snapchat ensures you have a mix of uppercase/lowercase letters, numbers & symbols.
  120.  
  121. Email
  122.  
  123. Just be sure to enter a legitimate email and confirm it once the password has been changed.
  124.  
  125. Mobile Number
  126.  
  127. If there is one, remove the current phone number off the account and replace it with yours. Keep Let others find me using my mobile number unchecked for privacy reasons.
  128.  
  129.  
  130. Login Verification
  131.  
  132. (1) Text Verification
  133. (2) Authentication App
  134. (3) Recovery Code
  135. (4) Forget Devices
  136.  
  137. (1) Text Verification
  138.  
  139. Keep this enabled and snapchat will send you a text message of your code to log into your snapchat.
  140. *Be sure to keep your mobile service provider private from others as people can easily text forward your messages*
  141.  
  142. (2) Authentication App
  143.  
  144. This can be replaced as (1), simply head over to your devices store and download the app Google Authenticator
  145.  
  146. [Image: RKwmb5k.jpg]
  147.  
  148. Go back onto Snapchat and select Set Up Automatically - Follow the steps onto adding 2STEP to your Snapchat
  149.  
  150. (3) Recovery Code
  151.  
  152. Select this and generate a recovery note, be sure to write it down in your notes. This is so you can log in on new devices if you change or lose access to your mobile phone number associated to the account.
  153.  
  154. (4) Forget Devices
  155.  
  156. Select all the devices you want removed off your account, making it harder for it to be pulled back.
  157.  
  158.  
  159. Restore Purchases
  160.  
  161. Head down to the bottom of the page and click Restore Purchases -> Continue and done.
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