social media apps – PSafe Blog https://www.psafe.com/en/blog Articles and news about Mobile Security, Android, Apps, Social Media and Technology in general. Thu, 19 Jan 2023 14:49:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-psafe_blog_purple-shield-32x32.png social media apps – PSafe Blog https://www.psafe.com/en/blog 32 32 <![CDATA[Hang Out With Your Friends in Nintendo’s Miitomo]]> https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/hang-friends-nintendos-miitomo/ Tue, 11 Oct 2016 20:37:46 +0000 https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/?p=4609 Nintendo’s first app mixes social media and casual gaming in a fun and lighthearted way. In Miitomo, you join the Miiverse to chat with friends, create photos, play games, and customize your avatar. The app syncs up other social media apps so you can easily show off your creations on Facebook or Twitter.

Get to Know Your Friends
Miitomo gives you the chance to learn fun facts about your friends and learn the answers to interesting questions that might not ever naturally pop up in conversation. The platform is built around answering random icebreaker questions and conversation starters that are only shared with people you’ve added as friends. Questions range from silly (“What’s your favorite thing about cats?”) to somewhat serious (“What’s the most daring thing you have done?”), and are sometimes a little reminiscent of a marketing survey (“How often do you buy a new cellphone?”). You might even learn a little something about yourself!

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When your friends come to visit your avatar and vice versa, you are sometimes prompted to answer questions specifically about them. For example, your friend’s Mii might ask you what you think about them or who you think they’re crushing on. Answers to these questions are kept private between you and your friend.

What’s the Scoop?
Miitomo rewards you for chatting with your friends. Literally. Talk to your friend’s avatars and reply to their answers to earn coins, game tickets, and complete missions. You can even get creative and post photo replies using their Miis, special backgrounds, and props. The more friends you add, the higher your popularity score will be and the more cool prizes you’ll earn.

The app will show you how many questions your friend has answered and how many of those you’ve seen. There’s a limit to how much your friends will spill each day, so if you’re hoping to get juicy gossip or just want to be nosey, you’ll have to bribe them with candy.

Show Off Your Fun Side
Answering questions isn’t the only way to show off your personality. Dress your avatar in silly costumes or show off the rare accessories you’ve won from Miitomo drop, a plinko-like arcade game. Special Miitomo drop events are active for a limited time, keeping the game exciting. Sometimes events coincide with real-life events or Nintendo game releases.

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<![CDATA[How to Prevent Your Instagram Account from Getting Hacked]]> https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/prevent-instagram-account-getting-hacked/ Tue, 23 Aug 2016 15:10:27 +0000 https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/?p=3099 Instagram is an excellent way to capture your cherished times with your best friends. However, like every other social media outlet, Instagram is prone to hackers. Listed below are a few preventative steps you can take to help protect your account.

Create a complex password. Use at least one capital letter, a number, and a symbol. This will make your password nearly impenetrable to hackers. This is because hackers oftentimes use algorithms that can pry into your password. These algorithms run basic English words by your password at an extremely fast rate, and if there is a match, it informs the hacker, making your account vulnerable. On the other hand, utilizing numbers, symbols, and capital letters confuses this algorithm, and it makes your password much stronger.

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Make your password unique. Birthdays, pets, and names as passwords make a hacker’s job easy. A cleverly constructed password will always keep a hacker guessing.

Use separate passwords for all of your social media accounts. If you only use one universal password for all accounts, then all of your accounts will be compromised if one gets hacked. A long, unique password for each account is an excellent safety measure to take to prevent hacking.

Don’t give your password away. Ever. No exceptions. Especially over email. If you get an email from Instagram or another social media account asking for your password, it is likely a phisher posing as the networks to try to hack your password. Don’t fall for this trap — social media networks will never ask for your password via email.

Use PSafe Total’s Vault feature. This component of PSafe Total for Android lets you lock specific apps on your phone. This adds a second layer of protection to important apps, even if you already have a lock screen on your phone. Use Vault to put a second password on your Instagram. This way, if your phone gets lost or stolen, hackers will find that there are multiple barriers protecting your Instagram account.

Use PSafe Total’s Antivirus protection. This feature also has you covered. With PSafe Total’s antivirus protection, you can quickly scan all phone files and your SD card to fix any security breaches. Hackers trying to use malware to gain access to your phone (and, possibly, your Instagram) will be deterred immediately. This feature automatically keeps you protected from all online threats 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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