Defending against digital surveillance requires maintaining a strict personal security baseline. Creators who want their content to stay private must actively review account settings and restrict unauthorized discovery channels.
- Enforce Private Account Mode: Navigate to Settings and Privacy > Privacy, then toggle Private Account on. This ensures only manually approved followers can view your videos, Live broadcasts, and profile stories.
- Turn Off Discovery Suggestion: Disable "Suggest your account to others" across all subcategories, including Contacts, Facebook Friends, and People who open or send links to you. This keeps your profile off automated recommendation algorithms.
- Disable Video Downloads: Under the Safety sub-menu in Privacy, turn off direct video downloads. While this does not prevent external screen recording, it removes native high-resolution media saving for all followers.
- Audit Follower Lists Regularly: Private accounts lose their protective value if populated by hundreds of unverified accounts. Remove unfamiliar accounts or inactive handles that might have been compromised or transferred.
- Implement Hardware or App-Based 2FA: Never rely on SMS-based two-factor authentication, which remains susceptible to SIM swapping. Use an authenticator app (such as Google Authenticator or 1Password) to secure the master credentials.
