How we can keep our mobile safe?

LOST YOUR CELLPHONE?

Cellphones have become an extension of our personality. Losing it, or having it die on us, can be traumatic. This week, let us look how we can keep our mobile safe.

1. Ensure that the mobile has password lock. This means that every time you access your mobile, you are required to punch in the password. If it falls into wrong hands, nobody can access the contents easily.
2. Set up security, so that in case of multiple failures on password entry, the phone wipes itself clean. Of course, this means bidding goodbye to the data.
3. Go to Norton.com and purchase Norton Mobile Security (R579.99), a simple, straight forward software. This will not only backup your mobile phone contacts to a remote cloud server, it will also let you restore contacts when you get a new phone.
4. 4 Keep remote location on your phone switched on. Most Android and iPhones have this builtin. If you buy Norton Mobile security, it will add this feature. In case you lose your phone, you can locate it where it is, and if need be, even remotely wipe it clean.

Ideally, follow ALL these steps. Data is precious. In the wrong hands, it can wreak havoc with your life.