Are you encrypting your device? All major smartphone operating systems (OS) offer device encryption, but should you use it? Very simply, encryption is a way of scrambling your data so only authorized people, with the correct decryption key (i.e. PIN, password, or pattern), can read it. Without it, even if your key can’t be guessed, criminals could still, say, plug your smartphone into a PC and get information that way. I should probably use less encryption stuff, but they say you never can be too paranoid. :P — CryptoJosh (@cryptojosh) June 13, 2016 Encryption isn’t about secrets; it’s about security....
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