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Describes simple steps to prevent hacking of Twitter accounts and secure tweets.

This article is a translation of Welivesecurity, a malware and security information site run by ESET.

Twitter is one of the most popular social networking sites, marking its 15th anniversary on March 21, 2021. It is no exaggeration to say that this SNS has had a great impact on people's lives. In the past 15 years, from the world situation, sports victories and defeats, or to dealing with the new corona, all the information has been collected on Twitter.

However, like other social networking sites, Twitter has various risks, such as online spoiling and cyber bullying. This article describes simple steps to prevent your Twitter account from being hacked or to securely tweet.

Protect your account

The best way to strengthen account security is to start with the basics. First of all, don't make some common mistakes when creating passwords and passwords. In addition, open Security and account access on the account Settings screen and enable two-factor authentication (2FA). Two-element authentication can be selected from a plurality of authentication units, and the text message is the initial setting. In addition, because it is much more secure to choose an authenticated application or security key, it is best to specify one of them. If for some reason you cannot use two-factor authentication, you can use either an one-time backup code or an one-time password (OTP). If you enable these, you can protect your Twitter account from hackers.

Protection of tweets

Is it necessary to show the contents of Twitter to everyone? Therefore, it is Twitter's turn to protect the stage. If you enable it in the Privacy and Security settings, you can limit the browsing of tweets to followers. In other words, you have followed that your account will allow you to browse protected tweets unless you block it. On the other hand, new followers who want to do the same thing need your approval.

Disable adding location information

If location information is enabled, you can add location information to tweets on Twitter. Check out the description of this feature, described as "allowing Twitter to collect, save, and use accurate location information, including GPS." I would like to emphasize that sharing location information is risky. If you continue to share more information than you need, your actions and scope of action may be specified by third parties and need to be careful because you are at risk of being followed by someone. If you advance from privacy and security settings to Tweets, you can disable the addition of location information. If you previously used location information, you can also delete location information added to past tweets.

I won't let you mark it.

On Twitter, users can tag photos with each other. This feature is enabled in the initial settings, and you can choose whether to allow anyone to tag from the Privacy and Security settings, or only those who follow. However, we are not sure who will see the photo, where the image will be listed, and what types of metadata it contains. Therefore, it is a safe way to invalidate photos.

Mute and block

This setting has multiple functions to view accounts that have been blocked or muted so far, as well as information about muted words and notifications. The account's block function is as its name suggests, but mute is not that powerful. The mute feature hides the account's tweets from the timeline, even if it does not block or remove follow-up. By muting a specific word, you can prevent the word from appearing in the feed. Specifically, by enabling this feature, tweets containing the word will not appear on the notification / message timeline. In addition, you can use multiple conditional mute notifications, such as accounts that are not followed up or accounts whose email addresses are not confirmed.

Restrict the people who can DM

In the setting of direct messages (DM), you can limit the users who can send DM. "spoiling" in social media suddenly appears, and unpleasant and strange messages can overflow your inbox. This can be avoided through this feature. It not only manages objects that can send DM, but also provides a spam filter that hides typical spam. However, it is important to note that if this feature is enabled, all messages received by people who have never followed up will be left at the bottom of the request section as spam.

Settings that are easy to find

In the settings "easy to find and contact", you can set up in detail whether other users can search for you on Twitter based on your registered email address and phone number. Enabling this setting will make it easier for acquaintances to find you on Twitter, while on the other hand, even strangers can find you, so it can't be said to be an overly private feature. For people who value privacy, this feature should not be effective.

Conclusion: end!

This article does not include the security and privacy settings provided by Twitter. However, the basic methods of protecting your own account are summarized. If you want to further improve security, you can also investigate the "data sharing and Twitter external activities" settings. I hope the method introduced this time will help us to use Twitter safely.

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