Facebook Sign In: How To Securely Login To Facebook 

Facebook is one of the most popular social networking websites, making it an attractive target for hackers and malware writers. This article will tell you how to sign up for and create a Facebook account and show you how to sign in or log in to Facebook securely. Facebook Sign up Go to Facebook Click on Create a new account button In the signup window, you must fill in your First name, Surname, Mobile number or email, password, Date of birth, and select Gender. Click on the Sign-Up button to start the process. If you used your email ID to create an account, you can find a confirmation email in which a link should appear. You need to click on that link so that Facebook can verify the email address. If it’s a mobile number, you must enter the code you receive via text message (SMS) in the Confirm box. Facebook Login There are a few things you should always keep in mind while creating and accessing an online website account, and some of them are mentioned below: You should always create and use a strong password. Enable two-step verification whenever possible. Always check the website URL before entering your login credentials. Revoke external app access when you are done. Never save your password in the browser. Facebook always tries to take care of these things as it is an attractive target for attackers. As mentioned earlier, you need to create a strong password for your Facebook account, as it is the first line of defense to protect your account. If you think your account is not worth a hacker’s time, you might be wrong at some point. Enable 2FA for Facebook Account You can use three ways to enable two-factor authentication for Facebook – your phone number, an authentication app, and a security key. To enable it for your Facebook account: Go to the Facebook Account center Click on Password and security > Two-factor authentication > Select your account Authenticate your account with the current password and click Submit. Under the suggested methods, you can choose between the Authenticator App, Text message, or both. From here, you must follow the guide to help you set everything up. You will also get access to a backup code, which you should print and keep. Revoke Access to Third-party apps Many websites allow users to log into their sites and apps via their existing Facebook accounts. If you have done that earlier and no longer use that website or app, it is better to revoke your account access. Your profile information is retrieved when you log into a site or app with a Facebook account. If the site or app gets hacked, there is a high chance that your data might be at risk. Read: Easy guide to revoke third-party app access from Facebook. Enable Email Notifications for Logins It is also essential to enable email notifications for logins so that you can get an email whenever someone logs into your account without permission. Go to the Facebook Account center > Password and security Click on Login alerts > select your account Check the In-app notification and email. Reset or Recover Facebook password If you cannot remember your password, it is pretty easy to reset it. There are two common conditions: the user is logged in but cannot remember the password or the user is logged out and cannot. If you fall into the first category, you can visit this page and follow the screen instructions. However, if you fall into the second category, you must visit the Facebook website and click the Forgotten password option. After that, you can enter the registered email ID or phone number to identify the account. Follow the same steps to get an OTP. Then, you can enter your new password. If you have set up 2FA, you can reset it using that. Facebook Sign out or Log out Like the signup process, logging out from your account on the Facebook website is straightforward. You need to click the arrow button visible in the top-right corner of the screen and select the Log Out option from the list. If you are having trouble signing in to your Facebook account, you can get more support and help here. You can also secure your Facebook accounts and harden your Facebook security settings using any Security Applications such as Norton Safe Web, BitDefender Safego, Defensio for Facebook, or ReclaimPrivacy. Check this if you want to configure Facebook Privacy Settings. What is a security key for Facebook login? Security keys provide an additional layer of security for logging in, often used in conjunction with other two-factor authentication methods such as SMS codes or third-party authentication apps. Read: How to log into Facebook without a Code Generator Is login with Facebook secure? Facebook lets other apps connect with your account using secured authentication. So, it is secure, but whether it is safe will depend on the application. That is why it is necessary not to use Facebook login everywhere you see it. On top of that, you need to ensure you have 2FA enabled and occasionally check the connected apps.


Why Reservation Fees Are Popping Up At Long Island Restaurants 

Tiga in Port Washington is among Long Island restaurants that require a credit card to hold dining reservations. Credit: An Rong Xu Facebook has long been a place for disgruntled diners to complain about subpar service and inferior food but, lately, another issue has risen to the top of the grievance heap: restaurants that take credit card information to hold a reservation.  In this corner: customers who spend a good deal of hard-earned dollars on dining and don’t want to be tied down to a table if life gets in the way. In that corner: restaurants working on slim margins that need to maximize every seat in the dining room. Where's the middle ground? Frank Graziosi, who owns Venere in Westbury with his father, Angelo, has a greatest-hits list of customers behaving badly. “I recently had a 12-top not show up on a Saturday night,” he recalled. “I called the customer and when they picked up, I could tell they were at another restaurant.” It was during COVID that Venere began requiring customers to give a credit card when making reservations through the online booking service OpenTable, with the understanding that last-minute cancellations would incur a $20-per-head charge. “When we reopened after the shutdown, we had half the tables. It was a necessity,” he said. Graziosi recently discontinued the policy for parties under 10 people after his OpenTable representative said it was deterring people from making reservations. “Since we stopped taking credit cards, online reservations have tripled.” He's seeing more first-time customers but not, he said, more no-shows. Sharon Lupia McGovern of Commack dines out regularly, but will not book a table at a restaurant that requires a deposit. “I don’t object to it in theory,” she said, “but it’s too risky for me.” Among her regular dinner companions is one person who uses a wheelchair and “we can’t always assume he’ll feel fine.” Sharon Lupia McGovern dines at Chops in Patchogue. Credit: Yvonne Albinowski One strategy McGovern uses to avoid leaving a deposit is just to show up before peak dining hours. That's how she managed to snag a table at The Farm Italy in Huntington, still white-hot more than a year after it opened. Because it's such a tough reservation, Joel Blitzer, of Smithtown, is happy to put his money where his mouth will be. “I think Long Island restaurants should have started doing this a long time ago,” he said. Blitzer works in insurance and handles many small businesses, restaurants among them. “I see people commenting about this on Facebook and they have absolutely no idea what it takes to run a business — the cost of labor, utilities, insurance. And some restaurants will change their policies because they are terrified of the online reviews.”  Even restaurants that stick to their guns online usually have a different policy for phone reservations. For a recent birthday celebration, McGovern wanted to go to Chops in Patchogue, which requires a $25-per-person deposit through OpenTable reservations. But, she said, “I circumvented the policy by calling and pretending I knew nothing.”  At Prime in Huntington, you’ll only be asked for credit card information if the party is more than six people, said co-owner Michael Bohlsen. While the restaurant's policy states that “no-shows or cancellations less than 3 days in advance will be subject to a charge of $50 per person,” in reality, Prime usually only charges people for no-shows. Michael and Kurt Bohlsen, co-owners of Prime in Huntington. Credit: Newsday/Steve Pfost “Leaving a credit card number motivates people to cancel and if they do — even the day of — we usually don’t charge them,” said Bohlsen's partner (and brother) Kurt Bohlsen. But the possibility of losing their deposit does make customers less likely to ghost the restaurant. The Bohlsens' records show that over the last 365 days, 2% of people who made reservations by phone did not show up; online no-shows were only 1%. Practically, though, a late cancellation has the same effect as a no-show. “If you make a reservation on Tuesday and cancel it on Saturday, you ‘occupied’ that table for almost a week and I turned people away all that time,” Graziosi said. That’s why many restaurants overbook. 2 Spring in Oyster Bay doesn't require a credit card deposit for parties of fewer than six, said chef-owner Jesse Schenker, and the only way to keep the 65-seat dining room full is to overbook. On a recent Saturday night there were about 130 reservations, 90 cancellations and 10 no-shows. “Generally, we see a 20% to 25% cancellation rate in the last 24 hours. So we have to overbook by 20% to 25%,” he said. This approach doesn’t work at Four, Schenker’s chef’s tasting counter next door where there are 10 seats and the price, exclusive of drinks, tip and tax, is $275 per person. “Everyone pays in full when they make the reservation,” he said. “If you call outside of 72 hours we’ll offer a change of date. But I tell people to treat it like a concert ticket: If you get COVID you’re not going to call Ticketmaster.” (He also suggests diners get travel insurance.) “People pay more attention when they think they will have to pay,” is how Roy Kurniawan sums up the issue. At Tiga, the Port Washington sushi bar he owns with Dhani Diastika, “we have very limited space and we were seeing a lot of last-minute cancellations and no-shows.” About three years ago, he instituted a policy, through the online booking platform Resy, that requires 24-hour notice to cancel a reservation lest the diner incur a $20 per-person charge. Things have improved significantly, but there are still no-shows. “About half the time, people dispute the charge,” he said. “They’ll tell my manager that if they don’t get their money back, they’ll leave a bad review online. In these cases, Kurniawan said the credit card companies are usually on the customer’s side. “And not only do I have to refund the deposit, I have to pay a second credit-card-processing fee,” he said. One restaurant that has managed to navigate the issue successfully is Bruce & Son in Greenport. The restaurant began using Resy in the summer of 2020, during COVID, and instituted a $25 per-person fee for no-shows or reservations canceled within 24 hours. “We were faced with an overwhelming number of cancellations and we knew we had to take action to protect our business,” said Kassata Bollman, who owns the breakfast-brunch spot with her husband, Scott Bollman. The move has “evened the playing field,” Kassata said. "Icouldn’t tell you the last time we had a no-show.” Erica Marcus, a passionate but skeptical omnivore, has been reporting and opining on the Long Island food scene since 1998.


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Aaron Wein is a copy editor for Skagit Valley Publishing. He has been a writer and editor since 2004, contributing to Washington-based publications and clients such as the "Bellingham Herald," "Western Athletics," "GNAC Sports" and Microsoft. Wein obtained a bachelor's degree in journalism from Western Washington University.