"Never lose your social media again"

 

"Never lose your social media again"

Social media is now almost in every person’s life – we engage in it to communicate with friends and relatives, share news, give our attitude, advertise our project, etc.

 But once, it is beyond stressful when realizing that you no longer can get into your accounts for some reasons like forgetting passwords or getting hacked, getting reported or just having the account disabled. Deleting means losing friends and acquaintances you have made, accounts that you have created, and memories and data that you have saved within those accounts.

The good news is there are steps you can take to safeguard your accounts so you never lose access again:

Password Manager –

 The current use of passwords in browsers or the repetition of these passwords is a security risk. By creating secure and individual passwords for accounts, and by helping to oversee their management, password management software provides protection. Some of the best-rated ones are; LastPass, 1Password and Dashlane.

Add two step verification – 

Getting a second level of protection means even in case a person knows your username and password, he/ she cannot access the account. To log in to the system you will be required to type a code generated by another device.

Personal account relevant information:

 Record down the email address associated with your accounts and any other email or phone number used to reset the password. Keep this safely such that if you forgot your login details, this should quickly guide you.

Important links – Collect profile URLs and any links with the recovery procedures provided inside the platforms in case you are locked out. Having a precise idea of where you should be heading will mean less wasted time and less stress if there are problems with access.

Monitor activity often - 

These include places login and posts among other activities. The sooner to get back to the accounts earlier and look for any sign which could suggest hacking or impersonation issue.

Make images or messages’ copies - Save images, messages or other data that you do not wish to have deleted one day. Backups to archive sites, external hard drives, and flash disk, or indeed cloud backups enable one to recover the data even when accounts have been hacked.

Do not engage in activities likely to get you banned or have your accounts disabled – Every platform has certain rules that when violated; you risk getting banned There, the tips for wall owners include: Hack and scam – Be wary of e-mail or messenger containing requests for username, password, or credit card numbers even if messages originate from social networks themselves. Install new security software and lookout for any signs of phishing.

Use account recovery options as soon as possible – 

Go to account recovery procedures right now! As much as possible, they should start regaining access as soon as possible. As many e-mails, names, locations, contacts as possible to make identification fast.

For permanent back-ups via social media download tools – Services like SocialBook and DownloadSocialMedia can help you make a complete archive of all your media, posts, conversations to name but a few, and full history back up that can help you easily start over brand new if issues beyond recovery occur.

Getting banned from the favorite social media

 profile feels like something as important as memories and friends are erased forever. However, it is possible to start taking the preventive measures and if there is a problem it will only take a while to get back to normal and protect one’s online stature. 

Follow he password best practice, recovery documentation, activity monitoring, frequent backups and do not violate any social media policies to ensure that you never misplace your social media accounts again. Always be proactive and try to regain control of accounts that have become valuable representational appendages of life.