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Protecting Your Digital Life: A Simple Guide to Mobile App Security for Everyday Users and Small Business Owners
- Mobile apps hold fragments of personal data that can be pieced together by hackers to uncover sensitive information like financial details and identity.
- Last year alone, more than 60% of application-related breaches involved mobile apps.
- To protect oneself, app users can take basic precautions like checking app permissions before accepting, creating different passwords for different apps, and enabling two-factor authentication.
- Small business owners should use separate profiles/accounts for personal and business use and have well-known payment processing apps to receive and send payments from their customers.
- Before downloading an app, users can evaluate that app and find safer alternatives if the app seems suspicious.
- A privacy toolkit can be used to keep smartphones safe and secure.
- Protecting one's digital life involves protecting privacy and personal and professional data.
- Three actions from this article can be chosen, done today, and scheduled regularly.
- Taking the necessary precautions will help to protect against identity theft, financial scams, and phishing attacks and help to maintain peace of mind.
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