How to protect Your Android From Being Hacked

Android (operating system) Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, based on the Linux kernel and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.

 A few years ago, a research on the same field hhas already proved that android is the most attacked mobile operating system, and the number has been growing since that period. But this doesn't means  that you need to think Android is no more beneficial and plan to change your OS today. Technology, brings problems and solutions together. You can be safe at your own by some simple but usually not practiced methods. You can take a lots of precautionary methods to be safe from these problems and that's what we are going to discuss today. The methods are real simple and you don't need to be proficient inn IT for these.

 

Protect android from being hacked

No matter your phone contains important and private data and conversations or not, your phone is always yours.  Unless you hand it to someone by your own your data and media contents are for your eyes only. Privacy matters in every aspects of life, whether it is a talk between you and your parent or a chat between you and your girlfriend at your android phone. So, things need to be secured at each and every places. Here , are few necessary measures to take in order to protect your data. 

Have Less Trust

Some peoples are so much silly that they trust each and everything on the internet. They race to open an interesting advertisement on the internet not thinking if its secure or not, they don't care where the link directs to and who has shown it. Thugs are thugs, whether he is a hacker or an advertiser, he tends to lure you towards himself with something interesting. Its a type of social engineering or can be called as an emotional play. If you are redirected to a wrong place, they can steal your data or hack you android os easily through some app or command they run remotely on your android phone. Exposing your phone to sites and apps which may have negative impacts on your privacy is never a good choice. 

No matter how trivial an app seems, don't trust them easily, but always , make some research on how secure that apps and it updates are. See its terms of use and privacy policy, which will let you know to what extent of privacy will your phone get exposed to. Read , everything while installing the app before clicking Allow. For instance, if you are downloading an app from the playstore, see its description and users comments, this is a good approach. You need to be careful while downloading other apps from the internet as well.

Stay Safe, Stay Locked

When your doors are open and you leave to Summer House for the Weekend with your family, then it is sure that your properties at hoe will no more remain at the same places. They will be either stolen or destroyed. I think you are getting what I'm talking about. If your phone has no lock or gallery is open then your contacts will be messed up and your private photos will either be deleted or stolen if your phone is reached on some wrong hands. 

Use secure passwords, yeah, iam saying strong.Hello, Mr. XYZ ! Don't be silly using XYZ123 as your password. I just meant to say that don't use easy passwords that anyone can guess. Rather use third party password generators or think something secure yourself. While using third-party software to deal with secure data, be sure that the apps are hack proof. Make sure that you have a complete backup of your passwords and data while you are dealing with something really sensitive. Never use the same password everywhere. It is a complete No-No , if you want to be safe from attacks on your privacy, or business data on your android. 

Use Things Already at Your Hand

Using the security measures  that is already on your phone is the simplest , cheapest, most convinient and the most trusted measures . It is the most obvious solution at all. If your mobile is running in Jellybean, for instance, then use Screen Lock and Encryption to enhance the security. Including the simple patterns , pins and passwords the modern OS like Marshmallow and Noughat are equipped with Fingerprints unlocks to Face Unlock. Use them so as not to make it easy for the hackers. 

Use Second Layer Of Security too

Screen lock is not a magical protection and most of the phone's screenlock can now be easily bypassed. For instance , the iOS  Lockscreen can easily be bypassed to see photos and Messages.   So you need to have a second layer of protection too. There are plenty of good apps available to secure the apps with private data independently . For example,  Applock, is an app which you can use to lock the apps with the Private data independently.  

Secure Your Network

Sometimes you necessarily use Public Wifi, but when you do that , never use that for too much important and privacy related activity. Such as don't make a bank transaction while you are in a public wi-fi or don't use your Debit Card information for shopping online. That way, you will be making it easier for the hackers to steal your information and passwords. If there is  neccesity of making a transaction from a public wifi, then download some apps that will let you encrypt your outgoing connection and enhance the security, like, Hideninja VPN, Wi-Fi Protector , Secdroid , etc. 

Be Ahead

Technology is dynamic. Changes occurs everyday, lots of bugs are spotted and various hacking tricks are reached on the wrong hands security measures and preventive measures comes simultaneously. All you need to be is get updated on each and every information regarding technology. And make your smartphone keep updated too, by regularly updating your security protocols . As you are the only owner of your phone use should be scanning the vulnerabilities and other bugs on your smartphone. After that , find ways of handling these problems. I'm sure, it will be fun and interesting to cope with the technology as well as it helps you become secure. 

Wipe Everything, When All Is Lost

Have you ever seen someone crying over the spoiled  milk ? So, you have no control on your data at your Android when you lost is or it gets stolen. You can easily buy a New Smartphone , in some amount of penny but all your data is those things that should not be seen and used by others. So use some tools , like, 3CX Mobile Device Manager, which will let you wipe your smartphone remotely. 

By following this advice, You can be sure your all your data and media on your android are safe. 

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