7 Ways To Keep Your Phone Safe And Secured

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Most of us are just so careless with our phones, Yea! I was once like that but there are ways to secure your phones that you don’t end up falling for scammers and any other application virus that steals information from your mobile devices.

We are not really talking about keeping your mobile device safe like misplacing it but actually keeping your phones safe that you don’t end up loosing important personal information such as passwords, bank information and so on. Am going to be sharing with you top awesome tips which will help secure your information as well as mobile devices which you should consider seriously.

1. Shop on sites that makes use of Https and not http when it comes to sharing your bank information such as shopping sites and other website which payment might be needed. the change in the url shows a higher level of security and normally appears when you about to sharing private information suh as credit cards and other bank information.
   
   
2. Add a Password or Pattern Lock to your phone.
   Adding a password or pattern lock is really very and it can be regard as having or adding an extra level of security to your mobile device. At least before any one can have access into your device, permission needs to be taken before your phone can be accessed.
   
   
3. Use a “Find Your Phone Tool
   there are application which helps when it comes to tracking of your mobile device easily when misplaced such as Find My iPhone or Find My Android phone app. this comes handy when trying to locate your device, all you have to do is startup the app and locate the phone position.
   
   
4. Don’t Allow Automatic Connections
   some of our devices are set to connect automatically with available WiFi networks and also Bluetooth devices, and sometimes because of this configuration, you will not notice when your device start transferring and sending information out.
   
   
5. Use different Passwords
   users who use the same password for almost all there sites such as social media are very vulnerable to hacking. so always try to use different passwords for your devices.
   
   
6. Check App settings
   Before using a application or browser on your phone always try to take time to go through all the settings just incase the app automatically enable a option where your passwords or online records are been shared out.
   
   
7. Avoid fraudulent Wi-Fi networks
   Call it the coffee shop problem. A fraudster sets up a Wi-Fi network that has a similar name to the coffee shop he’s sitting in, but instead of simply providing free Wi-Fi, he’s using the signal to collect information from the people around him who log onto the network. For example, a coffee shop user could use the shared Wi-Fi to log into his or her bank, and the fraudster could potentially access that banking information.​