Tech Task - How to Secure your Smartphone!

I think that with our growing social society, our smartphones have become a big part of our every day technology and lives.

I created this post because I think rather than teaching someone how to make a meme or create bookmarks, it will be way more beneficial to teach you how to keep your phone secured from real-life everyday threats, such as hackers.

Source here.


Ways to secure your smartphone:

1. Use a strong password.

It's known that the majority of smartphones nowadays have a passcode to access the phone. Use a number/ letter sequence that's unpredictable, for instance don't use your date of birth.

2. Turn off lockscreen notifications.

By switching this off, strangers won't be able to read your notifications, over your shoulder, in the case of a robbery, and someone else gets their hands on your phone.

3. Discard automatic Wifi connections to known networks.

There's a chance that a cybercriminal will establish his own fake wireless network with the same name as a trusted public hotspot. In this scenario you might not even recognize that your phone is working within the malicious Wifi network, giving away all of your data to the scammer. 

4. Turn off cookies in your browsers.

Cookies are small files which almost any website generates and leaves on your device. They may contain some information about you, your computer or smartphone, and your preferences. It helps websites keep you logged in, or to show you some relevant content including ads, but in some cases they may be very helpful to cybercriminals as they can contain credentials and other sensitive data.

5. Don't let apps access your contacts, photos, messages and other private data!

This one is more aimed at iPhones specifically as the new iOS 8 feature contains a significant number of features and data types that almost any app can access: from GPS, to contacts and even messages.

At least it will give you some confidence in knowing that large companies like Google or Facebook won't get any information about where you are, what you're doing and what kind of pizza you like.

Comments

  1. StephanieDecember 2, 2018 at 11:46 PM

    Hey Marixa,
    theyre' helpful tips, it's actually scary to know how much information is stored on our phones considering we do everything on them! I usually get ads on what i talk about which I'm use to but sometimes I'll even talk in russian and an ad will come up so whoever is listening in is Multilingual lol.

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