Keep Your Phone Safe While Traveling

5 tips To Keep Your Phone Safe While Traveling

Are you looking for the best way to keep your phone safe when you are travelling? These 5 tips are very effective in protecting your phone and all the important confidential data inside. It is vital to protect all your personal data inside your phone, especially when you are traveling.

1. Do not use your phone in a public area
When you are staring down at your phone screen you are less aware of things going on around you. How many times have you bumped into someone or had someone bump into you because they were looking at their phone and not paying attention to where they were walking? Using your phone while you are walking in a public area can attract thieves that will try to steal your mobile phone.

2. Do not open any important data
When you are travelling, you should not open and read any important data from your phone. This includes checking your bank account. There are methods that hackers use making it possible to steal your personal data from your mobile device when you use it on a public wi-fi. Try to close any networks, such as blue tooth or wireless connection in order to prevent any attacks from outside. There are many horror stories regarding people who have had their personal data or information, such as bank account, email password, telephone number, and many more, via a network connection.

3. Apply a password on your phone
This is another way that can protect you from losing any data from your phone. The password is going to lock your phone and not allow anyone else to open it without knowing the password. It is important to use a unique password and you should not write it down. Make sure that you change your password regularly to make it difficult for people to crack.

4. Install an app to protect and find your phone
There is an application called Lockout. This application is very effective in protecting your phone from any attacks, such as spyware, virus, malware, and many others. It is a perfect solution for protecting your personal data on your phone. Another benefit of using this application is its ability to find your phone when you lose it. The application will send out notifications to your other devices, such as a computer, to inform you where your lost phone is located.

5. Remember the IMEI of your phone
All mobile phones have unique 15 digit serial number called the International Mobile Equipment Identity or IMEI. This number is unique for every mobile phone in the world. You should record the IMEI number of your phone. It becomes very important when your phone is stolen or lost. This is considered the identity for your mobile phone. Check your phone’s IMEI number by calling *#06#.

6. Write your IMEI down before your phone gets lost or stolen.

If your mobile phone is stolen, you can call or go to the nearest service center of your mobile network and give that IMEI number to staff to block your phone.

Not all phones have an IMEI number. Currently, it’s on all GSM and UMTS mobile phones commonly found in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and increasingly in America. AT&T & T-Mobile are the major US carriers using GSM with IMEI numbers, but there are growing numbers of regional carriers who are switching to GSM like Centennial Wireless, Highland Cellular, Dobson Cellular to name a few. Verizon and Sprint phones will generally not have IMEI numbers but rather MEID numbers—unless they have a dual mode module for overseas use. Most pre-paid and non-contract phones in America don’t have IMEIs; the same applies to disposable phones throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa.

If you are South African, you are required by law to report the theft to your service provider and to the police (either SAPS or your local Metro Police). It will be blacklisted across ALL networks so that it can't be used for criminal activities. If it is recovered, it is possible to remove from the blacklist it provided that you have proof of ownership.

Source: Wikihow.com
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