Inc.: Katy Perry's Twitter Account Was Just Hacked: Here's How To Protect Yours

How should one protect his or her Twitter account (and other social media accounts) from being compromised?
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"Utilize social media alerts - people using SecureMySocial, for example, would receive alerts if inappropriate tweets were issued from their accounts (the tweets would even be automatically deleted if the alert system is so configured) - so they would know immediately that their accounts had been hijacked and be able to react far faster than otherwise."

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