Summary
- Android phones are great, but they could benefit from improved privacy settings
- Seven tips to protect your privacy are:
- Hide notifications on the lock screen so sensitive information isn’t available to strangers
- Use app pinning, or guest mode to restrict access to your phone to just one app
- Turn off the setting which sends diagnostics and usage data to Google, as well as any similar settings offered by individual phone manufacturers
- Disable ad tracking, which gives advertisers clues about your behaviour and preferences
- Check your Google account settings, particularly around search history, voice commands, location data and app activity
- Review app permissions to ensure you’re not unknowingly giving apps access to unnecessary data or functionalities
- Check which apps use your clipboard to ensure sensitive data you copy isn’t accessed by unwanted parties
By Pankil Shah
Original Article