The common idea about online scams is that they occur either because of the use of weak passwords or because of poor clicking skills, yet the security of the devices is a huge contributor to the privacy over the Internet. The location of your messages, photos, banking applications, emails, and identity papers is your phone and laptop. In case your gadget is unsecured, everything that is related to it is also at risk despite having strong passwords. The lesson of the privacy awareness is that good device habits form the foundation of security. Security of devices does not belong to technical specialists only but to everybody.

The first and the easiest protection is screen locks. Users are using weak pins such as 1111 or 0000 or easy patterns that are easy to guess. There are users who go to the extent of disabling locks as they consider it inconvenient. However, when a device is lost or stolen, photos, OTP messages, WhatsApp, and banking apps can be accessed by attackers without any difficulty due to the weak lock. It can cause great loss even 30 seconds of unlocked time on the device.

Enabling device recovery systems such as Find My Device (Android) or Find My iPhone (Apple) is also one of the steps that many people overlook. Such systems enable you to find your device, remotely lock it, and wipe the information in case of necessity. Otherwise, the loss of a device is both a loss of money and a loss of privacy.Also make sure that your recovery email/phone number is updated, and thus you can access your account again once necessary. The privacy is safeguarded by recovery systems in case of emergencies.

The risk of devices is determined by the application of apps. Numerous privacy violations occur due to the fact that users install applications on the questionable sources or they obtain APK files without checking their autonomy.When installed, malicious applications may read OTPs, steal credentials and track actions. The understanding of privacy teaches the use of official stores exclusively, check the validity of the developer, read the reviews, and avoid suspicious applications that offer a quick way to earn money, free vouchers, or instant loans. When an application appears to be too beautiful, it is a trap. Privacy discipline is safe app discipline.

All permissions should be taken seriously. Most users permit blindly: “Allow camera, allow microphone, allow contacts, etc. This is dangerous since unwarranted access causes privacy breaches. One of the simplest rules of awareness is: permissions must be aligned to the purpose.Privacy awareness reminds looking over permissions every month and disabling the unnecessary ones. Current phones permit control such as “Only allow in use of app. The environment minimizes background tracking and spying.

One of the strongest security measures is updates which most users neglect because they lack storage space or just because of laziness. Security patches usually contain vulnerability fixes. In case the phone is obsolete, attackers can have access to the data using the vulnerabilities that have been known. Awareness of privacy promotes the updating of the operating systems and applications.The lesser the applications the lesser the exposure. Making up is not cosmetic it is defense.

Finally, device security is concerned with making your phone and your laptop difficult to attack. Hackers like easy targets. With hard locks, secure applications, limited access, updates, secure networks and backups, the risk becomes one hundred times less. Privacy awareness teaches us that devices are not mere gadgets they represent identity holders. One that is secured is a secured life. Digital discipline ensures the devices are not lost unnecessarily and creates confidence in the device.