Is Your Mobile Phone Safe?

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What’s the best way to lock my mobile phone?

Using biometrics e.g. facial recognition or fingerprint is a more secure approach. You can also use strong lock-screen password or PIN. Setting a swipe is not recommended for preventing unauthorized access to your phone.

What is the meaning of a “strong” password or PIN?

For a strong password, it’s a combination of letters and numbers with at least 8 characters. For a strong PIN, it consists of 6-digit passcode. Even if your phone is lost or stolen, such password or PIN is relatively harder to crack.

Why do I need to set auto-lock of my phone?

If your phone is left idle for a short period without enabling auto-locking feature, thieves can quickly access your stored personal and financial information.

What’s the function that should be disabled if I’m not using it?

Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and location sharing should be turned off. It can minimize the risk of connecting to your phone and accessing your sensitive information by hackers.

Some of the mobile applications fill in my login details automatically. How should I avoid it?

You should turn off the autofill function and thieves cannot easily guess your username or password.

Is it safe to click on the links or open attachments of the emails sent from my friends?

For unknown senders, it’s definitely dangerous. For friends, please double check the details before clicking because hackers can fake your friend’s identity.

What’s the consequence if I click on the link from a suspicious email?

The link may divert you to a fake website which requires your login. If you trust it, it would lead to the leakage of your sensitive information or even financial loss.

What’s the impact to my phone if I open the attachment of the email from an unknown sender?

Your phone may be injected with virus which can steal personal information e.g. credit card and bank details. The virus may also destroy data in your phone.

What should I do to lower the leakage of information if my phone is lost or stolen?

You should enable locating your phone and wiping remotely in advance. For the former, it can help tracking your phone. For the latter, your data stored in the phone can be removed remotely for avoiding leakage of important information.

If my phone is lost or stolen, how can I recover my data?

You should back up your files regularly e.g. in a monthly or bi-weekly basis. You can restore it to your phone by accessing your backup saved in the cloud or storage device.

I’ve downloaded many mobile applications from the official application stores. I should not be exposed to any risk. Correct?

You should install a minimal number of applications. Please close those applications which are not in use. If they are rarely used, please delete them. To have full protection, you should install antivirus software.

Should I update the versions of my frequently used mobile applications only?

No, it’s insufficient. Updating operating system’s software promptly is important whenever there is a new version. It can protect your phone from newly discovered threats.

I use my phone to pay for daily necessities. Anything that I should beware of?

Your mobile phone is also a mobile wallet because you may bind your credit card to different electronic wallets for making payment. You should treat your phone like a physical wallet.

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鎖定手機的最佳方法是什麼？

使用生物識別，例如面部識別或指紋，是更安全的方法，您還可以使用加強的鎖屏密碼或 PIN(個人身份識別碼)，不建議於手機螢幕使用滑動的方式來防止未經授權使用您的手機。

「加強」密碼或 PIN 是指什麼？

加強密碼是起碼 8 個字符的字母和數字的組合，而加強 PIN是由 6 位數字組成，即使您的手機遺失或被盜，此類密碼或 PIN 相對更難破解。

為什麼我需要設置手機自動鎖定？

如您的手機在沒有啟用自動鎖定功能的情況下閒置了短時間，竊賊可以快速地取得您儲存的個人和財務資料。

有什麼功能，如我不使用時，應該關閉？

藍牙、無線上網 和位置共享應關閉，它可以降低黑客連接到您的手機並取得您的敏感資料的風險。

部份手機應用程式會自動填寫我的登入資料，我該如何避免呢？

您應該關閉自動填寫功能，這樣竊賊就無法輕易估計您的用戶名或密碼。

點擊朋友發送給我的電子郵件中的連結或打開附件是否安全？

對於未知的發件人來說，這絕對是危險的，對於朋友來說，請在點擊之前仔細檢查詳情，因為黑客可能會偽造您朋友的身份。

如果我點擊可疑電子郵件中的連結，會有什麼後果？

該連結可能會將您帶到需要您登入的虛假網站，如果您信任它，就會導致您的敏感資料洩露，甚至造成經濟損失。

如果我打開來自未知發件人的電子郵件附件，會對我的手機產生什麼影響？

您的手機可能被注入病毒，它會竊取個人資料，例如信用卡和銀行詳細信息，該病毒還可能會破壞您手機中的數據。

如我的手機遺失或被盜，我應怎樣做才能減少資料的洩露？

您應預先啟用手機定位和遙距移除數據的功能，對於前者，它可以幫助追蹤您的手機，對於後者，您儲存在手機中的數據可被遙距刪除，以避免重要資料洩露。

如果我的手機遺失或被盜，我該如何恢復我的數據？

您應該定期備份您的文件，例如每月或每兩週一次，您可以通過保存在雲或儲存設備中的備份將數據恢復到手機上。

我從官方應用程式商店下載了很多手機應用程式，我不應有任何風險，正確嗎？

您應該安裝最少數量的應用程式，請關閉那些不使用的應用程式，如果很少使用，請刪除它們。要獲得全面的保護，您應該安裝防病毒軟件。

我應該只更新常用手機應用程式的版本嗎？

不對，還不足夠，每當手機操作系統軟件有新版本時，及時更新是非常重要，它可以保護您的手機免受新發現的威脅。

我用手機支付日常用品，有什麼我應該注意的嗎？

您的手機也是一個手機錢包，因為您可以將信用卡綁定到不同的電子錢包進行支付，您的手機與實體錢包同樣重要。