Verizon Offers Practical Tips for Keeping Your Smartphone Secure
What are the most important elements of smartphone security? Verizon has published 8 guidelines for keeping your device secure. 1. Protect your investment. Losing your smartphone can be pretty stressful. Each day, 200,000
devices are lost, stolen or damaged. You might be surprised by the high
out-of-contract price of replacing a lost smartphone with an equivalent
make and model. To prevent this from happening, consider Total Mobile Protection. 2. Use a pin, password or pattern to lock your phone.
Setting this up is easy. For most Android™ devices, go to your Location & Security Settings for instructions. iOS users can find these functions in the General options of their settings. 3. Download apps only from trusted stores. If you’re browsing for a new game or something more productive, use places such as Google Play™. Make sure you check ratings and reviews
if they are available, and read the app’s privacy policy to see exactly
what phone features it will have access to if you download. 4. Back up your data. This is more about protecting and restoring your information should disaster strike. With Backup Assistant Plus and Verizon Cloud, you can save your contacts, music, pictures, videos and documents to the cloud. 5. Keep your operating system and apps updated. There are typically periodic updates to both of these that not only add new features, but also offer tightened security. 6. Log out of sites after you make a payment. If you bank or shop from your smartphone, log out of those sites once
your transactions are complete. 7. Turn off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® when not in use. You think of them as ways to connect to something, but thieves can use them to connect to your device and access files. 8. Avoid giving out personal information. That text message that looks to be from your bank may not be. If you
get requests via email or text for account information from any
business, contact the business directly to confirm the request. Share your smartphone security suggestions with the Smartphone and Tablet Zone.
Setting this up is easy. For most Android™ devices, go to your Location & Security Settings for instructions. iOS users can find these functions in the General options of their settings. 3. Download apps only from trusted stores. If you’re browsing for a new game or something more productive, use places such as Google Play™. Make sure you check ratings and reviews
if they are available, and read the app’s privacy policy to see exactly
what phone features it will have access to if you download. 4. Back up your data. This is more about protecting and restoring your information should disaster strike. With Backup Assistant Plus and Verizon Cloud, you can save your contacts, music, pictures, videos and documents to the cloud. 5. Keep your operating system and apps updated. There are typically periodic updates to both of these that not only add new features, but also offer tightened security. 6. Log out of sites after you make a payment. If you bank or shop from your smartphone, log out of those sites once
your transactions are complete. 7. Turn off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® when not in use. You think of them as ways to connect to something, but thieves can use them to connect to your device and access files. 8. Avoid giving out personal information. That text message that looks to be from your bank may not be. If you
get requests via email or text for account information from any
business, contact the business directly to confirm the request. Share your smartphone security suggestions with the Smartphone and Tablet Zone. 
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