Protecting the information on your cell phone
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2024 5:26 am
Protecting the information on your cell phone is necessary. Usually when you manage your personal brand you have a 24-hour internet connection on your cell phone, so you have all your information there, the device becomes your office. All kinds of social networks, emails, chats, contacts, calendar… Everything. And it is inevitable. That is why we must be aware of what we store there and what we do not want anyone to be able to access.
Last week my cell phone was stolen. It was a bit violent, but nothing serious happened (I'll tell the story on El Tiempo's blog next Thursday) and, fortunately, the important things were password protected. Anyway, that made me think about everything I had on my cell phone and what I could have lost. The answer is that the only thing that hurts me to lose were the phone numbers of some important contacts (if any of you call me and I don't recognize you, I'll forgive you). That's when I remembered how important it is to protect information and how many times I told myself "I'll do it later."
That's why today I bring you a series of tips to protect the information on your cell phone, whether you manage your personal brand or not. Do it soon, while you read this post. Or save it or share it with your friends. "Don't let it happen to you."
When you buy a new cell phone, write down the IMEI code , which is a unique 15- or 17-digit number that identifies your cell phone. Everyone has their own. Well, the same applies to the cell phone you already have. To get it, you can dial *#06# and it will appear on the screen. This can be useful when your cell phone is lost (or stolen). In theory, you can call the operator and request that they block it so that the phone cannot be operated. It goes without saying that you should keep it in a safe place but one that you can easily access, either in Evernote, or as a draft in your email, in short, where you won't lose it but can get it anywhere on the planet (nowadays, you have to think globally).
If you are going to buy a new smartphone, configure the remote security options , which basically means that you go to the manufacturer's website (or the operating system's) and from there you do some things, s vietnam email address uch as deleting all the content, blocking the phone, detecting the location by GPS and even taking pictures at the time of the theft and uploading them to the cloud, or from the place where it is. My advice is to search Google for "remote lock" with the brand and model of your phone. There you will surely find a lot of information about it.
Put a password on your cell phone. Yes, it is extremely boring to have to enter a password, a code, or a graphic pattern every time you use your cell phone, but you have to do it. You learn the hard way that these cities we live in are not the safest in the world and that protecting information is more necessary.
Generate a backup of valuable information from time to time.
On almost all smartphones today you can store your contacts in the cloud. If it's an Android, they'll be stored in the Gmail account you have associated with it. This way, it's also very easy to download the contacts to your new phone. And when you change phones, they'll be synchronized in 2 minutes.
You can store your photos in the cloud. I don't do it because I have a lot of stupid photos and almost none of them are important. Anyway, important photos are usually shared on social media so I don't mind having them on my phone. And if they are important I save them somewhere else.
Try to save what you consider important and “unmissable” in applications like Evernote (highly recommended) where you can store photos, voice notes, drawings, text, etc. Or Dropbox where you can save files directly.
Don't store anything important on external memory . Cell phones usually have the option of external memory (current ones are MicroSD). If you lose your cell phone and it is reset to factory settings, all the information is erased. But that doesn't happen with external memory, so your contacts, photos, audio files... in short, everything you have stored there, will remain there.
Try to install only known applications. Sometimes we are happy to download any stupid game we find, but this will not only take up the memory of the cell phone (which will make it slower) but it may also install malicious software. It is useless to protect the information if you install these apps.
Be careful when connecting to public Wi-Fi networks . Avoid them if possible.
Don't leave access to sensitive applications, such as banking applications, with your password saved. It's better to enter your password every time, than for anyone to be able to log in and make transactions from there.
Last week my cell phone was stolen. It was a bit violent, but nothing serious happened (I'll tell the story on El Tiempo's blog next Thursday) and, fortunately, the important things were password protected. Anyway, that made me think about everything I had on my cell phone and what I could have lost. The answer is that the only thing that hurts me to lose were the phone numbers of some important contacts (if any of you call me and I don't recognize you, I'll forgive you). That's when I remembered how important it is to protect information and how many times I told myself "I'll do it later."
That's why today I bring you a series of tips to protect the information on your cell phone, whether you manage your personal brand or not. Do it soon, while you read this post. Or save it or share it with your friends. "Don't let it happen to you."
When you buy a new cell phone, write down the IMEI code , which is a unique 15- or 17-digit number that identifies your cell phone. Everyone has their own. Well, the same applies to the cell phone you already have. To get it, you can dial *#06# and it will appear on the screen. This can be useful when your cell phone is lost (or stolen). In theory, you can call the operator and request that they block it so that the phone cannot be operated. It goes without saying that you should keep it in a safe place but one that you can easily access, either in Evernote, or as a draft in your email, in short, where you won't lose it but can get it anywhere on the planet (nowadays, you have to think globally).
If you are going to buy a new smartphone, configure the remote security options , which basically means that you go to the manufacturer's website (or the operating system's) and from there you do some things, s vietnam email address uch as deleting all the content, blocking the phone, detecting the location by GPS and even taking pictures at the time of the theft and uploading them to the cloud, or from the place where it is. My advice is to search Google for "remote lock" with the brand and model of your phone. There you will surely find a lot of information about it.
Put a password on your cell phone. Yes, it is extremely boring to have to enter a password, a code, or a graphic pattern every time you use your cell phone, but you have to do it. You learn the hard way that these cities we live in are not the safest in the world and that protecting information is more necessary.
Generate a backup of valuable information from time to time.
On almost all smartphones today you can store your contacts in the cloud. If it's an Android, they'll be stored in the Gmail account you have associated with it. This way, it's also very easy to download the contacts to your new phone. And when you change phones, they'll be synchronized in 2 minutes.
You can store your photos in the cloud. I don't do it because I have a lot of stupid photos and almost none of them are important. Anyway, important photos are usually shared on social media so I don't mind having them on my phone. And if they are important I save them somewhere else.
Try to save what you consider important and “unmissable” in applications like Evernote (highly recommended) where you can store photos, voice notes, drawings, text, etc. Or Dropbox where you can save files directly.
Don't store anything important on external memory . Cell phones usually have the option of external memory (current ones are MicroSD). If you lose your cell phone and it is reset to factory settings, all the information is erased. But that doesn't happen with external memory, so your contacts, photos, audio files... in short, everything you have stored there, will remain there.
Try to install only known applications. Sometimes we are happy to download any stupid game we find, but this will not only take up the memory of the cell phone (which will make it slower) but it may also install malicious software. It is useless to protect the information if you install these apps.
Be careful when connecting to public Wi-Fi networks . Avoid them if possible.
Don't leave access to sensitive applications, such as banking applications, with your password saved. It's better to enter your password every time, than for anyone to be able to log in and make transactions from there.