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10 Ways To Protect Your Android Phone From Data Theft

 In the age of internet, you must know how much mobile phone has made our work easy, but if you do not know anything then how to protect your phone from being hacked or how to keep your mobile data secure.

Although it is not so easy to hack the mobile, but it is not too difficult and if we do not have the right information about mobile security, then anyone can hack our mobile. Just like if you do not know how to hack Whatsapp, then you will not be able to save it from being hacked, similarly if you want to avoid hacking Facebook account, then you should know how it can be hacked.

To hack a mobile, only 1 small software has to be installed, after which all the things in the phone are hacked, photos, videos, calls, facebook, whatsapp if we do not pay attention.

Let us now know what security you have to take care of if you want to protect your phone from being hacked.

 

Ten Ways To Protect Android Phone Data From Theft - Mobile

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Android Phone Security Tips

1. Make Lock Screen Secure

If anyone wants to operate your smartphone, then first of all he should know the phone's password, pin, pattern lock etc. This is the only thing that if the other person knows then that smartphone can easily operate it so to make sure that no one can see your private information. First of all, set a good password on the smartphone. Most people work by entering the passwords 1234 and 0000, but anyone can easily guess them. Many people make password on the date of their birthday also, but it is also known by your friend, relative or anyone who knows your birthday, he will easily unlock the phone by entering the code, so use neat password. These days almost all good smartphones come with fingerprint scanner, if your smartphone also has this feature then you can make the phone secure very easily. You can lock-unlock the phone anytime by just placing your finger on this scanner.

Not only this, various types of payments with fingerprint scanner can also be done very easily and securely with Android Pay services. If you are going to buy a new smartphone now, then go for a phone with fingerprint scanner. Along with this, you can also consider other methods given below.

 

Smart Phone Lock – Bypassing most lockscreen apps, anyone can access your phone. But this app is so good in terms of security that once you install it, no one can uninstall it without your permission. The biggest feature of the smartphone lock app is that the PIN changes from time to time. For example, if the time is now 11:30 and you have entered +10 in the app, then your password will be 1140. That way you only have to +10 as the time changes and the password will keep changing. You can also choose another digit instead of +10.

 

Face Lock – Most people will be familiar with the Face Lock feature. It already comes in many smartphones. If your phone does not have this feature, then you can download the Face Lock app. Along with locking the phone, you can also lock selected apps like WhatsApp, Facebook, Settings and Photo Gallery etc.

 

2. Download Apps From Play Store Itself

Many people install apps by downloading APK files on their phones. However, the best and safest way is to download the apps from the Play Store. Still people adopt the technique of APK.

However, those who install apps in this way may not know that the APK package you are downloading may have been modified and may install harmful files for the phone, even any malware, trojan or keylogger. Can get into the phone and steal all personal information.

 There is a way to stop it. Just go to the settings of your smartphone, from there you will get an option named Settings > Security > Unknown sources. Uncheck it. With this, no APK file will be installed in the smartphone.

 

3. Use Secure Browser

Earlier Android smartphones used to have two browsers installed. But since the arrival of Android Lollipop, only Chrome browser is coming installed. If you look at the Play Store, you will find that there are many types of browsers available which claim to give good speed, data saving, security etc. But chrome is the best, although it drains a lot of battery, still it is the best browser. On the other hand, other browsers come with many types of ads, offers, etc., with which you have to share personal data at times. If you are more concerned about privacy then you can do it in Brave browser.

 

4. Disable Or Block Bloatware Apps

Instead of iPhone, you can find many Android devices which are cheap and come in different prices. Although some of these are cheap, they have pre-installed apps, which the brand gets paid for by installing them on their phones. This method helps the company to reduce the cost of the device.

Sometimes some of these apps are helpful and also come in handy. But it cannot be ignored that these apps can also see various data of the phone at times.

If we talk about Samsung smartphones, then in most you are not able to remove the pre-installed apps from the company. Another way is that you can disable them by going to your phone's settings.

For this, go to the Apps option by going to your settings and open that app there and disable it. Disabling these apps will cause them to stop working.

 

5. Use Two-Factor Authentication

From email accounts to social networking sites, e-commerce websites are almost all offering this type of login these days. This gives 100% safety. Two-factor authentication technology was patented in 1984. However, it has been adopted only in the last few years. It is a technique in which access is made to a bank account, email account or any secure thing by matching two things.

 

Nowadays access is given from mobile phones in two-factor authentication. Whenever you log in with your regular username and password, a four-digit code is generated on your phone. The same code is entered with the login and the account is opened.

 

6. Don't Forget To Save The Password

Remembering passwords can be difficult when you have accounts on dozens of different websites. In this situation, saving the password in the browser seems like a very easy way but you should stop doing this as it is not secure.

Therefore, whenever you log-in to any site and ask to save browser password etc., then do not do so at all. There may be some kind of problem in your browser and all your passwords etc. will be stolen.

You can use a decent password manager to save the password.

 

7. Set App Permissions

Whenever you install an app from the Play Store, there are many types of permissions asked. However, with the last latest versions of Android, Google has tried to make app permissions a little safer. However, most users completely ignore this thing and give all the permissions to an app.

That too without thinking about where the app can use your data with all these permissions. Therefore, if you have doubts about giving permission to any app on your phone's contacts, media, photos etc., then immediately reset the permission level of that app by going to settings.

 

8. Avoid Short Links

During internet surfing, many times short links are found on social media websites or emails. Avoid opening them, sometimes opening them can be dangerous and your ID passwords can also be stolen.

Not only this, your social media account can also be hacked. Many hackers use this method to steal your personal data.

 

9. Avoid Using Unsecured Wi-Fi Networks

Staying connected to the whole world with mobile phone has become very important nowadays. But many times it happens that we are on a trip or the internet connection is not good. In this case, get connected to free Wi-Fi or shared hotspot.

 

In this case, only browse and surf websites on this type of Wi-Fi. But do not do any kind of login etc. on such network at all. Because your information may be being monitored and your account may also be hacked. With this, do not even forget to open the bank account etc. If possible, avoid using this type of unsecured Wi-Fi connection.

 

10. Keep Scanning Malware & Virus

There are many apps on the Google Play Store that have a scan feature. Along with this, these apps give the option to remove cache, thrash and other types of unnecessary things.

Just do an antivirus search on Google Play Store and download one of the best apps according to you. Along with this, keep in mind that sometimes these apps can also make your smartphone slow because these apps keep scanning the phone's files etc. continuously and repeatedly. But if you have a good smartphone then this problem will not come much.

 

At The End:

These are some of the ways in which you can make your Android smartphone secure. If you think that we have forgotten to write any other method in this article, then you can share with us in the comment section.

Hope these tips will definitely help you in securing your phone. If you have any question, then you must ask by commenting.