a complete guide to cyber hygiene
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A C O M P L E T E G U I D E T O
CYBER HYGIENE
Have you ever wondered, hackers out there are looking to steal your personal data.
Techugo, understands very well that your phone is not just a hub of useless selfies but it contains quite valuable information as well.
Here are few of the tips to help you to know hoe to save and secure your data from the eagle-eye of hackers..
D ATA S E C U R I T Y
A four-digit pass code, is an self-destruct feature that might wipe a phone's data after too many wrong guesses.
Use six digits, as it will make the pass code 100 times harder to guess.
If you want to make it even harder, you can add letters and other characters to further increase the number of possible combinations.
These are options on both iPhones and Android.
A PA S S C O D E
iOS 8 offer full-disk encryption by default, which means the information stored on the phone can't be extracted by authori-ties or by hackers.
Even if the phone isn't unlocked first, any information ob-tained would be scrambled and unreadable on computer.
With Android, you need to turn that on in the settings. Goo-gle's policy requires many phones with the latest version of Android, including its own Nexus phones, to offer encryption by default. But, according to Google, only 2.3 per cent of active Android devices currently are running that version.
U S E E N C R Y P T I O N
If your device disappears, you can put it in Lost Mode.
This mode, locks your screen with a pass code, if it isn't al-ready, and lets you display a custom message with a phone number to help you get it back.
The app comes with iPhones, but you need to set it up before you lose your phone.
Meanwhile, Activation Lock makes it harder for thieves to sell your device. The phone becomes unusable and it can't be reac-tivated without knowing its Apple ID. The feature kicks in au-tomatically on phones running at least iOS 7.
There isn't anything comparable built into Android phones, but Google's Android Device Manager app, along with a hand-ful of others made by third parties, can be downloaded for free from the Google Play app store.
D E V I C E F I N D E R S
If you do have to remotely wipe the phone's data, it's comfort-ing to know that you won't lose all your photos and other im-portant data.
Apps such as Find My iPhone and Android Device Manager will allow you to perform this task hassle free.
TA K E A B A C K U P
Software updates often contain fixes to known flaws that might give hackers a way into your device.
On iPhones, Apple prompts you to get the update.
Though, it's a little complicated with Android but it is advised to install updates when asked for.
U P D AT E D S O F T WA R E
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