Essential Tips for Home Users
Best suited for home users with Android mobile phones and Windows PCs or laptops
You can follow the steps below to secure your personal information. This solution is intended to provide a basic security cover to protect your personal information and online privacy. Please feel free to refer to D-I-Y ideas for the blog section if you need more advanced specific areas.
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Setup Strong Authentication for all devices and online accounts
The first line of defence against data theft is to lock your devices with a strong passcode or biometric authentication (e.g. fingerprint or face recognition). This will prevent unauthorized access to your device and its contents.
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Install free Antivirus on your Windows PC or laptop
As home users, if laptops are limited to entertainment, online transactions or storing photos, we recommend free Bitdefender antivirus as it is light and provides adequate malware protection. Here’s our comparison of top free antivirus products in case you want to explore other options
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Secure your android device and online privacy
Our InfoSecyour mobile security & online privacy android app is designed to meet the needs of home users who perform online transactions or use social media accounts to stay in touch with their loved ones. This app takes care of 8 security needs of yours. Click here for more information.
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Good password management
No matter how much we hate passwords, they are here to stay as a way to establish our identity. Therefore, creating strong passwords and storing passwords safely becomes critical. InfoSecyour offers an offline password manager and the InfoSecyour Mobile security and online privacy app. You can also look at our password manager guide for more information.
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Install free Antivirus on your Android mobile phone
Antivirus for Android is only required in case you install unknown apps frequently or browse websites that are not trustworthy. Our recommendation is free AVG antivirus as it is light and practical regarding malware protection. Here’s our comparison of top free antivirus products if you are interested in exploring other options
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Protect your online privacy
Data breaches from Social media accounted for over 56% of the 4.5 billion data records compromised worldwide in the first half of 2018. This increases our risk of Identity theft. Here are the top tips to secure your presence online
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Parental controls for devices
If your kids are attending online school or spending more time on their devices, it is a good idea to implement parental controls on their devices. Parental controls allow you to limit the time kids spend on their devices, limit the content they can access, etc. Here’s your guide to placing parental controls on your kids’ devices