How Do You Prevent Cell Phone Monitoring?
The ubiquitous cellular phone has become indispensable to people of all ages and backgrounds. With the convenience of modern cellular phones, however, come new security concerns. Care must be taken to prevent others from picking up the phone to install monitoring and tracking applications, which may allow them to listen in to your conversations and to track your every move. Familiarize yourself with your specific cell phone’s security features and make use of as many as possible. Such features include the activation and setting of data encryption strength and automatic handset lock after specific times of inactivity. As an absolute minimum, set a password requirement, if your cell phone permits, when installing any application designed for your phone. A required password entry can prevent anyone from picking up your phone and installing monitoring or location applications without your knowledge. Turn off your cellular phone and remove the battery if you will be carrying it into a corpo
