These are the US National Security Agency’s tips for protecting your smartphone.
Please note that you will probably avoid more than one scare by following the following recommendations.
Mobile phones make our lives much easier. However, they are not immune to the dangers that may arise from, for example, the Wangiri scam or the most common WhatsApp scams. If you want adviсe from one of the most important intelligence organizations in the worldnow we will tell you.
US National Security Agency Council.
It has been circulating on the Internet and major social networks for several days now. adviсe which were published by famous NSA. The American organization shows on several pages how to avoid dangers in our terminals and, for example, suggests we shouldn’t perform actions modification devices, such as “jailbreak” in iOS or “root” in Android.
Except, You should also avoid opening unknown links. and did not save conversations with confidential information. Agency advises strong passwords on the lock screen and use shell which prevent the microphone from picking up ambient sound, and cover the cameras. And this is logical, but it is also important update your operating system.
As for the features that are best disabled, the NSA advises disable bluetooth connection if you don’t use it, disable location services and, interestingly, turn your phone off and on At least once a week. Actions to be avoided include: Don’t connect to public Wi-Fi networksAvoid physically connecting your smartphone to other devices, have minimum applications and close them when not in use, and ignore incoming notifications.
The document published by the US National Security Agency also contains a section actions that need to be taken to preventsometimes softening threats to our devices. It’s interesting to take a closer look at it, although what caught our attention was what’s labeled actions that almost always prevent:
- To avoid video and audio capture, use sound-absorbing covers microphone and cover the cameras. In addition, it is also recommended avoid sensitive conversations near your smartphone and avoid it everywhere.
- To avoid geolocation of the terminal, the advice is similar to the previous one and don’t carry your phone everywhere.
- Finally, to avoid malicious attacks over Wi-Fi connections, the best remedy is turn off cellular, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections.
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