5 TIPs That Will Keep Your Phone Safe
The popularity of smart phones has led to increase in the digital crimes as well. The security of your personal data is always at stake and if you are not attentive enough, you might suffer not only from identity theft but social embarrassment too. There have been numerous cases when the notorious minds have leaked the personal data of people making them a victim of social awkwardness. To protect yourself from this, here are 5 tips that you should do right away.
1) Password protect your phone
The first and foremost thing as soon as you buy a phone is to put a password on it. The latest smartphones are equipped with more than 1 kind of a password like PIN, Pattern, Face detection and biometric being the latest. Although you can choose any of these, I would recommend using a pattern or biometric as these are hard to track and break.
2) Turn Off Auto Sync
Almost all the mobile phones manufacturers give you auto sync feature as a freebie. Although the intention is good (and saves you space), I am not in favor of backing up everything on a server or the cloud which I have partial to zero control over. Instead I would recommend taking a backup of images and videos on your personal computer and free up the space on phone to capture more memories. You have 100% control over your personal computer and hence full control over your personal data too.
3) Enable Remote Wipe and Remote Lock
One of the best security features that the latest cellphones are equipped with is that of remote wipe and remote lock. This means that in case you lose your phone, you can command your phone to erase all the data on it through the internet. Apart from erasing everything you can also command your phone to lock itself until you enter a special password. These 2 things add an extra layer of security making your phone a little less vulnerable.
4) Lock Apps and Media
If the hacker is someone you trust, chances are that they know your password. What do you do if a person you trust tries to compromise your social image? The best way to avoid this is to hide all your photos and application behind an app locker. While the remaining ways to protect your phone are already present in your phone, you might need to install an app locker from the Play Store. If you are looking for a recommendation, I would recommend using Hexlock App Lock & Photo Vault. It's simple and pretty much straight forward. Lock App services have become popular and should be on your list of downloads.
5) Update Everything!
The last thing and the most important one is to update your phone and applications as soon as possible. While the developers ensure 100% security of the application, they may not be able to make a 100% secure code in the very first attempt. As time passes and software is tested against various scenarios, a lot of bugs and loopholes are encountered. The developers keep on fixing them and release updates to eliminate those bugs from your software as well. Thus any update that the manufacturer sends you is aimed towards making your experience better and secure and should not be ignored.
