Revealed the procedure for losing a smartphone

Experts in the field of information security told reporters what to do if you lost your

This situation is fraught with consequences if you do not take competent action.The device, for example, can fall into the hands of an intruder, who will leadmoney.Discuss

Alexei Vereshchagin, a representative of Beeline, advised to first try to find the phone using the built-in search function.This is "Find My Device", with which you can remotely lock your smartphone or erase data from it.You need to activate the functions in advance.

If the device is not found, the first thing to do is to lock the SIM card.Then you need to unlink the cards that are linked to the smartphone, change the passwords that were used in the apps and were saved in the mobile browser.After the replacement, it is worth installing two-factor authentication in the accounts.

Also, experts have advised right nowconfigure smartphone unlocking using a password or biometrics, if this has not been done yet. In addition, it is worth setting up data backup and setting a separate password for critical applications.

Source: RIA Novosti