In today’s world, mobile phone users mainly rely on their devices for things such as doing business, shopping, communication, entertainment, and so on. According to a survey, 77% of Indians have a smartphone, and most of them check their phones 40-50 times a day. Despite our dependency on our phones, most of us are not using our phones safely. The basic safety for our phones is locking our home screens. According to the OneDios survey, nearly 30% of smartphone users do not use a screen lock or any other security features to access their phones. These types of mistakes can lead to a breach in your mobile data security.
Here are some ways how you can protect your mobile data from getting stolen:
Lock your home screen
Locking your home screen is an easy solution to keep your private information and mobile data safe and protected from unwanted eyes looking in your phone. Locking it when you are not using your phone, prevents from anyone accessing your data. To prevent anyone accesses your data, go into your settings and increase your password length to maximize your mobile security to make it harder to hack if anyone tries to break in.
Avoid charging your phone in public ports
Charging your phone from public stations such as airports, metros, railway stations, malls, and shopping centres can result in a security breach. This is because charging from a public port can result in something such as the transmitting of your mobile data. If any outlet is compromised, then a hacker can easily access your data such as emails, texts, photos, and contacts. This technique is known as “juice jacking”.
Bluetooth Permissions
You might not expect that Bluetooth access can be a threat to your mobile security, but it is. Hackers can use Bluetooth permissions to access your mobile data and use it to make calls, listen to your conversations, and see your browsing history on the internet. If you are using Bluetooth then other users can also connect to your device within a close radius, especially in busy places like cafes, coffee shops, bars, or trains, make sure that you ignore or decline any unknown requests made to pair with your device.
The best way to prevent any threats is by switching off your phone’s Bluetooth when you are not using it. Switching off the Bluetooth is also not enough as some apps can switch your device’s Bluetooth back on.
Say no to Free Public WiFi
Free Public wifi is something that no one can refuse. So if you want to protect your mobile data you should learn to say no. Public WiFi can put your phone’s security at high risk. Weak and unprotected WiFi networks are mainly targeted by hackers and infect with viruses. Once you connect your phone to the free public wifi, they can steal your data and infect them with malware. We are not saying that all free public WiFi is bad. There is no reason to not enjoy your company’s free WiFi or use a friend’s hotspot. Simply avoid connecting to unknown networks available in public areas like metro stations, hotels, railway stations, etc.
Start Using VPN
VPN, Virtual Private Networks allows the user to secure their mobile data through a private network while using the internet. It enables users to send and receive data from shared networks without allowing any unauthorized users to see it.VPN helps to keep your data safe by providing you with a temporary IP address and hide your real IP address from websites or email you are using. They add an extra layer of protection between the hacker and you. Instead of using a public network available at some public place, try using a VPN, which gives you a new IP address and encrypts your phone data.
Do not allow your phone to save passwords
No matter how convenient it is, you should never save any passwords on your mobile phone. Saving passwords on the device can make it easy for any hacker to get access to your account details. It seems very convenient that you don’t have to remember any password for all the applications you are using. But if your phone gets stolen and any hacker hacks into your mobile data, all they need to do is to open the app. An easy solution to save your passwords from getting stolen is by downloading a trusted password manager. It will help you to remember your all passwords.
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