5 Ways you lose facebook password

i Since the launch of facebook some years back it has now become one of the leading social network in the world and it is estimated 1 of 14 people in the world are in facebook however we must to take into account that   some of the users of facebook are not genuine users and therefore we must be carefully when using this social network. There are a number o f people including my friends and I have lost facebook passwords. This means someone could have had them or changed them. I have been able to recovery my password and I change it very regally for fear of loosing it once more.

 Below are five ways you and I might loose password this Include:

 Facebook applications and adverts 

In facebook there are many applications that you can receive from friends or the adverts that you see on the left side of the page when you log in to your account. You must be very careful when allowing these applications to take your account information. First you must know that there are from people whom you know very well otherwise you might you might lose your account password.  

 Many people have got virus by clicking on facebook ads and it is your concern to take the necessary step not top click on any adverts you see in facebook. 

Phising for facebook passwords

 Phising is mainly done by people with a wide knowledge in computer; they are the people who know how to come up with fake facebook pages or any other site.  They design an application and send it to your email account and once you have clicked on the link they will send you to a fake login page and take all the passwords and use them for their malicious purposes. So any time you see a link in your email account make sure that it is from facebook. 

Websites integrated with facebook

As we move a head the people become more technical as they come up with a facebook integrated pages.  This are now many and almost every website of a well known company even from blogs   have a facebook integrated  widgets  that are serve one purpose of getting your facebook  password.

Hackers will camouflage a false Facebook login page by making it look like an authentic share button. Click on the fake Facebook button, and you’ll be handing the hacker your credentials.

How do you avoid this scenario? Before visiting any sites, log into Facebook on a separate browser tab. Then, in a new tab, visit these sites and use the Facebook share buttons all you like. Authentic buttons that are plugged into the Facebook API will recognize that you are already authenticated and automatically post.

Desktop and online applications

 Another way we loose password in facebook is when we use the well known applications in facebook like the facebook connect button. These ones allow you to sign in using twitter or facebook the applications are well established and I and you can easily trust them. But for any one application that you can trust it is good to know that there are hundred of them that you do not need to trust, be careful friend you might loose your data. 

Logging to public computers

Most of the people in sub Saharan African use the internet cares or borrow friend’s computers to use it for facebook or checking emails, most of them are at risk of loosing the passwords.

 If you ever use a public computer make sure that   you remove the   tick by clicking in on “Keep me logged in” check box on the facebook login page.

This basically ensures that no matter where else you browse to, or even if you close the Facebook tab, that browser session remains authenticated. Go to any public library where the Internet browser is left open, go to Facebook and more often than not you’ll find that the last person that accessed Facebook is still logged in.

Facebook chat pop ups

Another recent phenomenon to fool people into logging into their Facebook accounts is the fake chat pop-up. These ads are known to clone a Facebook chat pop-up.  It looks like a random person is trying to chat with you from where the Facebook chat is usually located.

If you click on the chat window, it may take you to a Facebook phishing page. Or, it might just be an advertisement for a porn site or other product that you very likely have no interest in.
All of these tactics are now being used by hackers and identity thieves to gain access to your private facebook data. By only logging into your account on the official Facebook site, using third party apps that you know you can trust, and being very careful when you log in at a public computer – you really can ensure that your Facebook account never gets hacked.
Do you know of any other deceptive tactics hackers are using to access Facebook accounts or steal Facebook passwords? Share your own insight in the comments section below.