Here’s How To Secure Your Cellphone Before It’s Sold Or Stolen – Securing data on cellphones is considered important to prevent data leaks that can make users lose. Some of these things can be done to anticipate if the cellphone is stolen or when it is sold.
Cyber security observer from Vaccines.com, Alfons Tanuwijaya, shares some guidelines for securing sensitive video data on your cellphone so that someone doesn’t misuse it.
Here are some ways to keep the data on your phone safe.
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Make Sure Encryption Is Enabled
Check the data storage encryption technology, which is usually already implemented in various types of phones, be it iOS or Android.
This is important to protect the data on the phone, because the provider will usually save the data that the user has to Cloud storage.
Furthermore, Alfons also explained to double-check the encryption on the cellphone. In this case the user must check the password or pin used.
It is recommended to create a complex password with a combination of numbers more than four, and create a pin that is not easily guessed by people who want to steal our cellphones.
“If the password is 00000 or QWERT it can be guessed, because the password is easily read by thieves or people who take our cellphones. The key has to be a bit complicated,” said Alfons when contacted some time ago (30/12).
In addition, he also suggested activating the existing biometric function, as a security support. Biometrics is a complement to password security, in the form of fingerprint recording or in the form of retinal recording.
Another way to secure data before the phone is sold or stolen is to do a factory reset. If the phone is going to be sold, it is important to do a factory reset or factory reset.
In this way, the data that is on the user’s cellphone can be erased, but it must be ensured again that the data can no longer be opened.
Alfons also reminded that smartphone users who want to sell their cellphones can reload data to cellphones that have been formatted with photos, videos, and songs until they are full and then deleted again so that the data that is still stored is closed by the latest file.
“It is necessary to save format or save destroy, when formatted, it is filled again with empty data. If it’s not like that, it’s likely that the files on the local storage are still there”
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Enable the ‘Find my phone’ remote search feature
Launching Gizmodo, this is considered important to protect the cellphone when the cellphone is lost or stolen by someone else.
By using this feature, the user can activate the remote wipe feature on the phone, which can be activated when the phone is confirmed to be lost.
Apart from that, Lost Mode can also help users to lock the device remotely.
On Android users can also use the same feature. Besides being able to track the whereabouts of the cellphone by connecting to a Google account.
This way Android users can activate it by going to Google settings, then going to the Android Device Manager page.
To prevent thieves from accessing your files that are in Dropbox or posting anything on your social media. Configuring the application is considered important to secure an active account on your phone.
Enabling Two Step Authentication for all services on your phone is also considered important. This can prevent cell phone thieves from logging into applications or accounts that are considered to be at risk of harm, such as iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, Facebook, to the Mobile Banking application.
If the phone is confirmed to be lost, it is important to change all the passwords installed on your smartphone.
According to Consumerreports, if you notice your cell phone is lost, the most important passwords that must be changed are financial accounts, credit card accounts, and online shopping accounts that are linked to the user’s credit card.
These accounts have the potential to harm smartphone users whose cellphones are lost or stolen.
That’s how to secure data before the phone is sold or stolen. Some of the ways above can anticipate the data that is on your cellphone.
Alfons Tanuwijaya also advised not to store personal data in local storage. This can be a big risk of leaking your personal data.
Source: cnnindonesia.com
