Get Secured and Better Facebook

Starting with some recent news update…“Facebook held its f8 developers conference on Thursday where it unveiled the new Timeline layout for user pages. The new Timelines replace the familiar concept of Wall and Profile; Facebook won't use those terms going forward. You can opt out of the new layout for now, but Facebook will eventually force you to switch to the new version simply because it will be unable to manage both. Facebook said on Thursday that the rollout of timelines will be very gradual."

Today I would like to introduce you two new things that make your Facebook better.

MyPageKeeper.org:  Researchers from University of California and security experts from StopTheHacker.com have joined forces to provide this as a service. Hackers, malicious individuals and even Facebook friends can unknowingly post malicious content on your wall, like “Click here to find who deleted you”, “Facebook shirts” etc…Visitors to your wall may get infected with viruses, may get scammed by phishing campaigns.

Using MyPageKeeper puts you in charge of what content can be allowed on your wall and news feed. You have the power to protect your friends visiting your profile from getting infected with malware. MyPageKeeper scans and monitors all content posted on your wall and news feed to protect your online persona on Facebook.

Also it’s easy to use and as many on the web it’s completely free. Once you visit the site you just need to allow it read your wall, personal info…that’s it. You are done and secured. Use the Settings tab at the top right corner to change your notification settings.

BetterFacebook.net: Better Facebook developed by Matt Kruse is a free browser extension that improves the Facebook site by adding lots of great enhancements and functionality. It has over 75 individual options which control many features of Facebook! Some of them are:

• Themes: Lets you customize your Facebook experience by changing the colors, layout, styles, and images used. Tired of the boring blue and white Facebook? Personalize it!
• Hide Posts You've Already Read: Better Facebook gives you the ability to mark posts as "read" - either individually or everything on the page - and they will be hidden next time you visit! Only new stories will be shown by default.
• Highlight New Comments: If a post you have marked as "read" has new comments, Better Facebook will automatically detect this, and (optionally) make the post visible again so you can see the new comments. You can even mute the post so new comments don't appear anymore
• Character Counter In Status Updates: Facebook allows 420 characters in your status updates, but it doesn't tell you that you've gone over the limit until after you try to publish it. Better Facebook adds a character counter to the status update box so you always know how many characters you've typed.

To know more click here. This browser extension runs in most browsers and installs in just a minute. Once if the extension is installed you need to go and login into Facebook, it’s that simple.


This is a part of weekly series where i introduce you to my new app findings that can help you in various ways....You can find this series under the weekly label.

Upload into Facebook status via Email

Many workplaces have restrictions like not to browse Facebook in the offices. But you got a message to share with your friends on Facebook..!! What to do??

Some login into Facebook accounts to update their status and after an hour find them still on the Facebook wall..!! How to escape this situation??

To help us from these situations Facebook provides each one of its users with a personalized upload email to past status updates or send photos & videos straight to your profile. You can get your Upload Email Id from here… 

When you send an email to that Id...

• The email subject will be used as your updated status if your email contains no photo or video.

• The email subject will be used as the caption of your photo or video if your email contains photo or video.

Warning: Please make sure that you don’t share this Id with others except with the other admins of the page because using this mail Id any one can upload status or photos into your profile…..you can also refresh the upload email from the Find it more tab in the above link….

To know more about how spammers and hackers can use your secret upload Email Id checkout this post.

Forgot your password?

A password is a secret word or string of characters that is used for authentication, to prove identity or gain access to a resource.

The goals when creating a secure password should be to create a password which:
• Is long (at least 8 characters)
• Does not use a dictionary word
• Is mixed-case
• Contains at least one digit
• Contains at least one non-alphanumeric character
Check your password strength here.

There is no point in choosing a very secure password if in the end it is too difficult to remember,It is hard to say what is the lesson here, whether you should memorize your password better, or choose an easier to remember.
A good way to have your cake and eat it too is to create a complicated password based on some memory trick. Instead of remembering the password, you could associate it with something easy to remember in itself – no not your personal data! 

n<7Plc8c could be memorized as “no less than 7 People like chocol8 cake” The sentence itself does not make sense, but that might just make it easier to remember!

There's also another way to manage your passwords....that is done with Passpack.

This gives you tools  to organize your passwords all in one place, the way you want them, even with tags, also its free for home users. Finally be able to secure every online account with a unique password, since you no longer have to remember them all.Passpack is specifically built for secure sharing of passwords with partners, clients or family.With Passpack 1-Click Login button you can login in to your online accounts, no remembering or typing passwords!
So go and Sign up for a free Passpack account here.