Mobile phones store all our data
A very attractive object for cybercriminals
Mobile phones are an indispensable item In our daily routine, we carry out practically all activities from our mobile phones: communicate, search the Internet, take photos and even pay without the need for cards. For this reason, mobile phones have become a very attractive object for cyber criminals because with the telephone they can have access to virtually all of our information, whether personal or financial.
It is very important that let’s take the right precautions so as not to become victims of data theft or directly, suffer a great economic loss. Therefore, it is crucial to disable this certain button in our mobile devices and avoid negative consequences. By not doing so, we expose ourselves to emptying our bank account.
Avoid running out of money with a single gesture on your mobile
One of the risks that we assume when installing our bank cards on the mobile It is that they can more easily steal the money from our bank account. If we are not careful with the security and privacy settings of our device, this could happen. But there is also an option that without realizing it we usually leave activated and that it is very dangerous: it is about access to the data of third-party applications.
What is third-party app data access?
This function allows the applications installed on our phone can access and use the data generated by other applications. For example when a social network you can access contacts, photos or location.
It can be useful to facilitate the use of some applications but it is also dangerous. If we install a harmful or unsecured application you can take advantage of the access to register and use our data without consent. And he could access our banking credentials and keep our money.
How to deactivate this option?
The best is disable this option on our mobile. The process may vary depending on the model and version of the phone that we have, but these are usually the steps:
- Access phone settings
- Security and privacy section
- Enter the permissions option or application management
- Access option to third party data
- Uncheck the boxes of the apps you don’t want to access your data
This way you can limit access to your data to only the applications you trust and that you really need them to be able to accessso you can better protect personal and financial information.