Read: Own Your Space. “A Guide to Facebook Security”

 Link to this manual:

www.facebook.com/.../Guide%20to%20Facebook%20Security.pdf

1. Assure you are  transmitting data through Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS): Address Bar

“A protocol is a set of rules that computers use to communicate with each other.”

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HTTPS is a secured encrypted protocol. Also look for the yellow padlock icon for secure transmissions.

  

               Good:  https://www.facebook.com/

 

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               Not so good: http://www.facebook.com/

 

3.     Always ​log out​ of your Facebook session.

4.     Monitor Active Sessions under the security settings.

 

Login Notification: Facebook will contact you when your account is accessed if you enable this service. Notification comes by email or text.

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Recovering a Hacked Account (Page 10)

 

Situations this year:

• Friend’s account is hacked and that friend sends a message to the student-athlete to entice him/her to perform some lewd act on Skype or other video domain.

• Student-athletes hacked accounts.

•  Imposter accounts.

 

Motives:

• Blackmail: Gambling, distraction, money, etc.

• Phishing: Get personal information.

• Malware: Harm computers

• Imposter accounts: Harassment/ Slander.