How to prevent theft of personal data on Windows Phone 8

Lending phones is a very common occurrence in today's day. Maybe you lend a loved one a machine to support it for a few days because their machine is broken, or let someone borrow it to experience the technology on the device you just bought it. It's easy to give the device, but how can people not see your data here?

Maybe just because I borrowed a smartphone for a few days, I had to clear the whole machine, lost the job? If you have a Windows Phone phone in hand, you have better ways to do this.

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1. Use baby corner feature (Kid's Corner)

This feature is available on all Windows Phone 8 and 8.1 devices. Basically, Kid's Corner will create a separate " area " independent of your main area, in that " area " only applications and some limited content you specify. Therefore, when you lend your phone to other people, you can only use the things that are in Kid's Corner , do not touch your private data.

How to set up Kid's Corner (just do it once):

1. Go to Settings > Baby's Corner > Next

1. When the " Baby Corner " button appears, push the switch to " On "

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1. When you touch an item, you will see the device listing available content, such as a list of music and games currently available on the device. Touch the songs, which games you want to use for borrowers, then click the tick mark at the bottom of the screen. Continue to do so for other types of content.

1. When you're done, press the " Start corner of your baby " button to see what your results are.

1. You should also set a password for your own area, so you won't be able to access the normal Start Screen but only use Kid's Corner. And because you can't access the Start screen, your data will be safe, without anyone watching it. By the time the machine displayed the screen, all was done. Click the Finish button ( "Finish" ).

To activate Kid's Corner whenever necessary, first lock the screen, then turn it back on. Right at the lockscreen screen, you drag your finger from right to left and a new screen to write Kid's Corner will appear. Here we still perform the unlock operation as usual, ie drag your finger from bottom to top to continue using . Immediately all the content you set up earlier will appear to allow others to access.

In case you want to exit Kid's Corner mode and return to your own area with the full application, simply press the power button to lock the device and open it again.

I propose that Kid's Corner should only be used when you lend the machine for a short time because the password to lock it is also Kid's Corner password, and for better security, you should use the App Corner according to the instructions below. Before lending, you should turn off the auto-lock feature to avoid being bothered when borrowers repeatedly come back to ask for a password.

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2. Use Application Corner (App Corner)

This feature is similar to Kid's Corner, but it is a bit more advanced when it allows you to set not only the apps that are allowed to run but also the rights to customize the system configuration, camera button, and access permission. go to Action Center or not to edit Live Tile or not . If someone wants to borrow your Windows Phone to use or to scratch, Application corner will be more reasonable than Baby's Corner.

However, the App corner is only available on Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1, and this update has not been released yet but only for software developers. On Refinement, many of you have tested Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 so I recommend it, and normal users will have to wait for the official update from Microsoft to use the Application Corner.

How to set up App Corner:

1. Go to Settings > Application corner

1. Click the " Applications " button

1. Select the apps you want to allow others to use when they borrow your device, and don't choose any private apps ( like photos, messages, facebook . )

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1. After selecting, you can turn on or turn off the Action Center feature to prevent others from viewing the system notifications, or not entering the " Settings " program to reset the phone settings.

1. Click the " Advanced " button, here you have the option to turn on and off some more

1. After installation is done, press the arrow button at the bottom of the screen

1. A little App Corner will run up with a Start screen that only includes the software you specify.

1. It is recommended to set a lock screen password for you, so you cannot sneak out of the App Corner to sneak your data.

To run the App Corner every time you lend your device to someone , go to Settings > Application corner > press the arrow button at the bottom of the screen to finish. In addition, you can pin the " App corner " box to the home screen for faster access.

When you're in the App Corner and want to exit , press and hold the power button on the device . When you see the line " slide quickly to the right to exit Application Corner ", slide your finger to the right and finish. Don't slide down because that will turn off the device.

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