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Tablet and Phone Security (also applicable to PCs and Laptops).

Andyjenk

Newbie
Feb 20, 2013
10
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The problems:

If you access a number of web sites and use the same password, someone only needs to discover one password to access all your sites. If you use a separate password for each, how do you remember them all unless they are simple passwords?

If you hold personal data on your phone then it can easily be accessed by someone if you lose your phone. If you encrypt your phone, encrypting and decrypting takes time.

Possible solutions:

The following are suggestions for making your passwords and data more secure.

1. Your most important password is for the email address which is used to contact you when you forget your password. Anyone who gains access to that email address and password can request new passwords from almost all the sites you access. Set up a separate email address for this purpose with a very secure password. Do not use the email address you may be logged onto when your phone is lost. If necessary register from 2 email addresses
 

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