When using the Internet on our mobile phones, we are at risk of an attack. How to better protect our phones and information on it, find out in this article.
A mobile phone is no longer a luxury, as it used to be. It has become necessary for us to keep in touch with other people and not just for making calls. Newer models have excellent cameras, music player, voice recorder, receive and send MMS, e-mail, etc.
So everyone with their phone carries a part of their privacy. Therefore, it should be protected from curious and malicious persons. We also need protection in the event of theft, when, in addition to being out of the phone, we may have, if we are a postpaid user, someone to create an astronomical account that we have to pay.
Certainly, the phone should be protected from physical damage and theft, but it is also important to protect the information we store in memory: SMS, MMS, email, network services, contacts, photos, videos. Even when the user only receives and accepts calls and SMS, it still needs to be protected.
After each use, manually lock the phone, each model locks differently, or if you can easily enable the phone’s automatic keypad lock (keypad lock). This is very important, because when you carry your phone in your pocket or bag, you can accidentally press the last dialed number, or if you have previously activated the speed dialing option (by pressing one number), one of these numbers to lock.
This time is entered by the phone user and can range from a few seconds to several minutes. It’s usually enough to make it about 10 seconds, even shorter. Include a password protection request for your phone. Specify a code that must be at least 4 characters, depending on the manufacturer. Also, specify the lock time. With the same password, we can completely prevent unwanted use of the phone, and on some phones, we can choose to protect only memory, multimedia. NEVER store your passwords and PINs on your phone, but try to remember them or store them somewhere outside your phone.
Constantly typing in various passwords, PINs, or all that can be very difficult. You don’t have to use just about every protection, it’s up to you to evaluate what you need and how much you need to protect. Sometimes it is enough to just turn on the password protection request and save the PIN, PUK, and IMEI number.
Mobile telephones are often equipped with a password or PIN protection feature to prevent unauthorized use of, or access to information stored in, the phones. A mobile phone typically includes man-machine interface (“MMI”) features, which may include, for example, a setting option that allows a user to require the phone to request an access password (or PIN) every time the phone is turned on.
In such a case, whenever the phone is powered on, the phone enters a “lock” mode and requests the access password from the user. Many mobile phones also include a feature that allows a user to set the phone to lock mode at any time while the phone is turned on. Once the lock mode is entered. Additional security features may also be included to protect information stored on the phone.
Password managers keep the information you use and help you log in automatically. They encrypt your password database with your master password and therefore the master password is the only one you need to remember. Keeper Password Manager & Digital Vault comes with different features, like dark web protection and secure chat services, if you chat a lot. But, one of its main extensions is that it comes like a mobile app. You can protect your smartphone directly via Keeper mobile app. To find out more specific details about this tool, go ahead and read this comprehensive review of it. Using the same password is a serious problem. When your password is leaked, malicious people have your email address, username, and password that they can try. If you use the same login information, leaked information can give other people access to all your accounts. If someone accesses your email account, they can reset their passwords on others as well. bank orders.
To prevent intrusions from being so harmful, you need to use a different password everywhere. These should also be strong passwords. Long, unpredictable words that contain numbers and symbols. The average person has dozens of different passwords. Remembering so many strong passwords is almost impossible without some trick. The ideal trick is a password manager that generates secure, random passwords and remembers them so you don’t have to.
A password manager will relieve you of the burden, freeing your mind of unnecessary password lists and allowing you to focus on something more productive. When you use the password manager, instead of entering the password directly on the page, you type the master password into the password manager, which automatically fills in the required fields on the page. (If you are already logged in to the password manager, re-entering the password is unnecessary). You don’t have to think about the e-mail addresses, usernames and passwords you used – your password manager does the dirty work for you. When creating a new account, your password manager will also be offered to generate a secure, random password for you, so you don’t have to think about it. It can also be set to automatically fill in names, addresses, and e-mail addresses on forms on the Internet.
The invention is directed to enhanced security, or password protection, features for mobile phones, and methods for implementing these features. In one aspect, a method of password-protecting a phone includes enabling a time-based password protection feature on the phone. After a specified duration of phone non-operation elapses, the phone enters lock mode. When a user attempts to use the phone while it is in lock mode, the phone requests an access password before allowing access to the features of the phone.
In another aspect, a method of password-protecting a phone includes entering a lock mode in the phone when a user manually selects the lock mode. When a user attempts to use the phone while it is in lock mode, the phone requests that the user first enter an access password.
Also, a phone comprises means for enabling a password protection feature in the phone, and means for causing the phone to enter a lock mode after a specified duration of phone non-operation elapses. The phone further includes means for setting a lock mode flag in a non-volatile memory of the phone to enabled status when the phone is in lock mode and means for requesting an access password in response to a user attempting to use the phone while the phone is in lock mode.
