Awareness is necessary when it comes to Social media protection and cyber blackmailing. By following the below steps, you can make sure to be protected against them.
- Set up your social media pages (even if you don’t plan to be active), and keep them updated.
- Enable two-factor authentication for all your social media accounts and also have the authentication linked to your mobile device and phone number.
- Ensure that your email accounts are connected to your social media accounts.
- Always keep a check on how your social media accounts perform.
- Change the passwords to your social media accounts at least three times per year.
- Consider security consultancy services in case of any activities that you feel are risky.
- Do not share, retweet, or tag profiles that you don’t recognize.
- Programmatically monitor social networks for threats to your accounts.
- Check for suspicious social media accounts and fake followers.
- Check for Verification Indicator in case of official push out spam.
- Be familiar with privacy policies of the social media channels you use and customize your privacy settings.