Your smartphone is probably the most important possession that you carry all along with you. Be it your treasured photographs and memories, crucial work-related documents, or the contact numbers of your friends, colleagues, and relatives, your smartphone contains a bulk of data that you can’t afford to lose.
Moreover, leakage of some personal information such as your credit card details, net banking credentials etc. can prove detrimental as fraudsters can use them to dupe you of your hard-earned money. Hence, it’s necessary to protect your smartphone from online frauds and other kinds of dubious activities with a wallet care plan.
Apart from that, here are some useful tips that you should follow to ensure the safety and security of your smartphone and the data stored in it:
- Protect your smartphone with a strong password
An obvious method to keep the private data stored in your smartphone is to lock its screen with a strong password. This will block any unauthorised person trying to get access to the contents of your device.
While you use smart unlock features such as face unlock or fingerprint scanner to unlock your smartphone conveniently, it’s better to back it up with a strong alpha-numeric password which is difficult to decode.
- Avoid charging your phone with public ports
You might find this tip a bit peculiar, but it’s true. Charging your phone with public ports i.e. the ones available at railway stations, airports, malls, and conference centres etc. can make your smartphone susceptible to data breach.
That’s because when you connect a port with your phone, it does a lot more to it than just charging the battery. It can transmit the data stored in your smartphone to another vendor who may be trying to steal your private information with malicious intentions.
- Use app-lock feature of your smartphone
You can prevent any unauthorised person from accessing sensitive apps in your smartphone such as mobile banking applications, payment wallets etc. These days, most of the smartphones come preloaded with the app-lock feature that mandates you to enter a password every time you want to access some particular app(s).
In case your mobile does not have an app-lock feature, you can download a third-party application from Play Store (Android-based smartphones) or Apple Store (iOS-based smartphones) to enable this function.
- Update the software of your phone regularly
Updating the software of your smartphone regularly is a wise step not only to improve its performance but also from the point of security. Software updates can protect your devices from newly discovered threats. On the flip side, running your mobile phones on out-dated operating system may make its data prone to malware attacks and attempts of phishing by the fraudsters.
To check if your phone’s software is updated or not, you can go to ‘Settings’, select ‘About Phone’ or ‘General’, and then click on “System Updates” or “Software Update” option.
- Install an anti-virus software in your device
You must have heard about anti-virus programs for laptops and desktop computers, but do you know that you can install anti-virus software in your mobile phones too? These anti-virus programs are meant exclusively to protect smartphones and tablets from viruses and attempts of hacking.
You can either download the free version of an anti-virus in your smartphone or opt for the paid version for the better security of your device.
In addition to this, you can also supplement the security of your personal data with a wallet care plan. It acts as a financial security guard against sharp practices including credit card frauds, debit card frauds, and theft of important documents such as Aadhar card, PAN card etc.
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