Twitter accounts have lot of chances to get hacked and it is a very common problem that needs strong action. There are chances to get your Twitter account hacked very easily if you fail to maintain it in a proper way. Getting your Twitter account hacked can leave you in an embarrassing situation and most of the time it can also cause serious damage for you personally. Here are few ways that can be considered to protect Twitter account without getting it hacked.
1. Twitter account password- The most important thing that must taken care is the password of your Twitter account. Make sure it features minimum of 10 characters along with numbers and other letters. Keeping a lengthy password for any account can be very difficult to get hacked by anyone. Don’t use the passwords that are commonly used by everyone like your name or contact number.
2. Multiple accounts password- Avoid using the same password for your multiple accounts. If you use same or similar password for all the accounts can make it weak and also easily traceable. Try to create a password that can be easily used only by you.
3. Changing password- One must also change their password on regular basis even though it can look painful. Try to change your password at least once in 2 months to keep your Twitter account safe from the hackers.
4. Verified login- Apart from changing your password, there is also another option called as verified login. By doing this you will receive an SMS in your mobile which will contain a confirmation code that must be used to login into your Twitter account. It is easy to enable this option by logging into Twitter account. Then enter into settings page to select the option ‘Security and Privacy’. Now you will see another option called as ‘Verify login requests’ where you must add mobile number. After this each time when you try to log into your Twitter account you will receive a SMS code which must be entered along with the password.
5. Exercise caution- Most of the times you will receive links from the hackers where you have to enter your the password to access the page. Stay cautious for this type of link which includes direct messages and tweets that can say that you Twitter accounts are hacked and click the link for changing the password.
6. Log into third party application- The password used to log into the Twitter account is not only used for that, you can also use the same password to log into various websites. If you are doing this, there are chances that your password can get shared as you are giving other websites to access your Twitter account. To prevent this you can log into Twitter account and enter into settings page to select ‘Apps’ option that will show the list account. You can revoke access by going through the list of websites.