How to protect your Android phone privacy?

Nowadays, we use mobile phones for everything. Smartphones are a one-stop payment, work, gaming, health, tweeting, texting. We use them to do everything from mobile banking to navigation into new places. In addition to these advantages, there are also many dangers lurking at every turn. Check in this article how we can protect our small pocket computers.

It doesn't matter if you have been an Android for years but try to answer the question, how well do you know the security privacy settings of the device you are using? Hacking into your phone can be huge interference in your privacy and sometimes extremely costly. Here we try to tell you the main thing that you must know about your phone security.

• Using a strong Passcode
• Control your app permissions
• Others ways to protect your Android phone:
• Blacklist checker

Using a strong Passcode

Of course, strong passcode or password is a key to your security. The most important is to create a strong password that you can remember without falling into bad habits that can harm you - for example, reusing the same password for multiple accounts. Weak passwords or abuse of the same password can have serious consequences. Only in 2019, companies reported 5183 data breaches that revealed personal data, such as login. home addresses or even bank password.

It is worth repeating that reusing passwords on different accounts is a terrible idea. If someone discovers your reused password for one account, they have the key for every other account for which you use that password.

Control your app permissions

Android applications will ask for permission when they need it. For example, instead of giving the application access to the camera while installing it, you'll see a prompt when the application wants to access the camera. Now Android has an iOS-style permissions system where you grant applications access to specific functions, equipment or data when they need it. You can also manually revoke permissions from any application - even those designed for older versions of Android.

It's also a good habit to have some Security Applications. Malware and Spyware are becoming a growing problem for mobile phone users. They send your personal data and slow down your mobile. Often you even don't know they are working. That's why you need some Security App to install just like on your computer to protect your privacy against all unknows. Remember also about update this software. You have to keep it up to date.

Others ways to protect your Android phone:

Don't click on suspicious links

Look more closely at the URL, especially if you are asking for personal information. Most banks have a page explaining what they will and will not ask for. Conduct your research before disclosing your personal information.

Keep Android up to date

System updates are not necessary, but they are useful. System updates give your phone a newer look, fix bugs, solve most heating problems (which depend mainly on the phone's processor) and provide faster and better performance.

Backup your phone

During the first time you set up your Android phone, you'll usually be asked if you want to back up your phone regularly. The backup will cover applications, application data, Wi-Fi passwords.