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Why Your Meta Accounts (Facebook and Instagram) should be separate from your personal

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  Ever had that cringy moment? Posted something really personal meant for friends to your Facebook / Instagram business pages? Or even worse, realise that you posted it to your client's Meta business account! OMG - Cringe moment! First thought, delete, delete, delete! Second thought - OMG, did they notice? Crisis averted, no one noticed and you live to fight another day, silly Facebook / Instagram for mixing it up! And breathe - phew, now do you ever get to the thought of - how did that happen? I have good news and bad news for you. Good news - The error wasn't Facebook / Instagram. Bad news - The error was you! Now you need to accept it and find out why! Well, here goes... you have connected the two together probably with your phone! Easily done unfortunately and not that easy to undo! As with most Facebook and Instagram settings, doing it is easy, and you don't even know how you did it!  Here are a few top tips to keep you out of trouble!  -  Keep your personal accounts S

Why a 19 digit random password isn't enough

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  Don't believe that just because you have 19 random digit passwords, then you are safe; you are not! Don't believe that just because you have 2FA set up you are safe, you are not! Why notifications are key to what's happening! I woke up to a notification from Facebook asking, 'Are you logging into your account? ' at 3:05 a.m. near Katowice, Poland. Well, actually I wasn't I was fast asleep. However, I know many people who swipe away notifications or just press yes, believing it's a delayed reaction... Please be aware it isn't. I took the laptop (for the first time in over a week—it seems strange that I haven't logged in; they are now targeting me!). Scammers had managed to crack my 19 random-digit password and now wanted access... I wondered how it's possible, 19 digits, not used anywhere else - thank god - otherwise, they would have caused more chaos! I logged into Facebook as I normally would, entering my email/username and password, then my 2