The National Security Agency of the United States has released a guide which lists all the advice to follow to defend the security of our smartphone. Some have been known for a long time, others are adapting to new threats. One of the most curious is the number of times you should turn off your smartphone every month.
Everything is inside. Or rather, inside them Big Tech they managed to fit everything in. First there was only an address book with telephone numbers, then text messages, then photographs, our history, work email, our life on social media and our movements. Among the devices we use, smartphones are those with more personal data and perhaps even those most exposed to hacker attacks.
There National Security Agency of the United States has published a guide with a series of tips to prevent someone from sneaking into the folds of our smartphone and discovering it all the secrets kept in silicon. Some have been known for a long time, others are more recent and seem to somehow try to respond to new threats.
Advice on when to turn off your smartphone
According to the NSA the first advice for protect the security of a smartphone is to turn the device off and on again at least once a week. This may close the data flow between the smartphone and the PC of a hacker who managed to enter the device, perhaps by exploiting a vulnerability or installing a specific malware.
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Smartphones are always open to new dangers. In recent months on Fanpage.it we have revealed a long list of scams that started from a message or a simple call, such as the Wangiri scam. Only in the last few weeks have there been false advertisements that attracted users’ attention to the new jobs offered by Big Tech.
All the information from the NSA
Already others suggestions proposed by the NSA instead they follow more classic lines. Better to remember them, in any case. They apply to both iPhone and Android:
- Update your own apps
- Only use apps from them official stores
- Don’t click suspicious links
- Access the Public Wi-Fi only with a VPN
- Remove the Blue Tooth when you are not using paired devices
- Use some secure passwords
- Remove the geolocation when we don’t need it
- Use original accessoriesI am certified anyway
- Choose i as the unlock method biometric factorsfrom facial recognition to fingerprints.
