The danger is everywhere and Smartphone is a prime target for a few malicious individuals on the street. We won’t know when they’ll strike, however, we can prepare. It’s good to think far and prepare for the worse, so you should know what to do before the danger hits you. Here’re five convenient tips in securing your information before your phone gets stolen.
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Enable remote location
By enabling remote location, you can prepare for the worst case scenario. Always know that your smartphones have a certain “kill switch” in them in times of unnecessary scenarios. Make sure to go for gold and have it activated whenever you’re going out, just in case anything unexpected goes underway.
Maximize the fingerprint scanning feature
The fingerprint scanner feature is one of the newer defensive mechanisms of smartphones, in certain ways. Some recent phones are already equipped with this defensive feature and you, as a user should always maximize its use. Don’t be afraid to the activity it. Trust us, passwords alone don’t protect your phone, sometimes your physical identification is all you need to protect your phone.
Always learn to back up all important files on a separate location
This is a pretty basic way of keeping in touch with your lost information. Make sure to always have a separate copy of any of your vital information, such as email addresses, bank accounts, ATM account PINS and whatnot. Don’t be afraid to be a bit paranoid about your personal information. It might save you a lot of trouble later on.
Always make things harder for thieves to access your email
Your email is a pretty vital sweet spot for your personal information, so if a thief gets its hands on your email, the thief could pretty much get almost all your personal information in hand, thankfully, email sites like Gmail and outlook are well equipped with certain features that’ll require the user to answer a few questions that hopefully your the only one who can answer. There also equipped with a two-way verification process that’ll protect your account, if necessary, access is done. They can even temporarily disable your email address, to prevent any more gathering of personal information to be done.
A good tracking app good help
There are certain apps that are really good in tracking your phone. Having one in your phone could pretty much help you out. However, these require WiFi access and so, not unless the thief access a WiFi connection, the tracking app is pretty much a bust.
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