Theft-proof your smartphone and data

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No one is immune to smartphone theft, but you can make sure no thief will get even a byte of your important data.

If your smartphone gets stolen, the damage may extend further than the loss of the device itself; a thief can cause much more harm with your banking apps, important documents, and personal photos and videos. If you shore up your defenses beforehand, thieves will end up with a useless “brick” and no way to extract your personal information from it. Let’s get started.

• What a thief can do with a phone?
  • Sell it for parts
    
  • Withdraw money from a bank
    
  • Format and resell
    
  • Use personal information for blackmail and extortion
    
• Be prepared: How to make thieves’ lives harder
  • Set screen lock
    
  • Set a SIM card PIN
    
  • Encrypt data
    
  • Password-protect apps and notifications
    
  • Set up data backup
    
  • Turn on Find My Device
    

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