Most of us want to use our smartphone in a weird fashion. If there is no pond then it is very good. Just open easily, but it is dangerous to do so. Many thieves and hackers are looking for such devices to steal the financial and personal information of the common people.
For example, your email account increases the risk of leaking hacking banking and other sensitive passwords.
The way you can avoid many diseases with minor cleaning. Similarly, with the help of 'cyber hygiene' in this digital era, anyone can escape any major danger.
Lock your phone with a passcode:-
Now you do not open the door of your house in your absence. Something similar to using passcode on the phone.
Using a four-digit passcode and activating the self-destruction feature is a very safe way. Regularly entering the wrong passcode in your phone in the self-destruction feature will completely disappear the data of the phone. Using a 6-digit passcode can be difficult to assess 100 times the difficulty. It can be made more difficult by using letters and characters. This option is both on Android and iPhone.
Go to the Touch ID and Passcode section to activate the iPhone's self-destruct feature in user settings. After entering the wrong passcode 10 times, the phone will automatically delete the whole data. Keep in mind that if you forget the passcode or accidentally punches the number while playing your child, then the data will be removed. There is also such a feature in Android.
Use encryption:-
The good thing with the iPhone is that it runs encryption by default. This means that the data stored on the phone can not be removed. Or it can not be read on any other computer. Until the phone is unblocked, the information taken from the phone is scattered and not readable.
In Android, you have to activate it in Settings. Google's policy is to provide encryption. But in the market only 2.3 Android devices are running this version.
Set up device finder:-
Find my iPhone, not just to find your phone but to find it.
If your device disappears for some reason, you will get lost mode. This will lock your phone's screen from the passcode.
This app comes with iPhone, but you have to set it up before losing your phone. You can find the iPhone app in additional folders. A thief will not be able to sell your phone due to the activation lock. For this, the phone will not be usable. It can not be re-activated without Apple ID
If all of these prescriptions fail, you can remove the phone's data through your computer. However, doing so will lose all data.
Android phones do not have the same option. But you can also use many third-party apps with Google's Android Device Manager app.
Backup your phone:-
Keeping a backup of the phone will prove to be a good habit if you have to remotely remove the phone's data from the remote system. By doing so, you will not lose a photo or any important data.
Keep in mind that you already have to install my iPhone and Android Device Manager. You will not be able to do anything after losing the phone.
Always update software:-
Software update always eliminates the drawbacks that can be used to bind your device with the help of hackers.
On iPhone, Apple's update is constantly available. However, this is a bit bad on the Android system. Google Update Release for Mobile Manufacturer Companies After this, these companies decide the user on their convenience. But be sure to install it whenever you ask for updates.