What to do to make sensitive photos and videos not exposed and spread on the network?
How can images be stored safely?
Information about users exposed to photos and videos that are sensitive and spread on the Internet often appears on online newspapers, making many users unable to confuse and ask the question, 'How can photos be saved? Safe storage? '
Here are some suggestions for users to better protect their personal data.
Use 'hidden' photo and video software
In the course of use, it is unavoidable for friends, colleagues or mobile repairers to enter your smartphone. Therefore, to avoid possible bad situations, you can use security applications to 'hide' sensitive images and videos.
After the data is transferred into these applications, they almost disappear on the smartphone. If you want to see, you must enter the security key.
Some 'hidden' photos, free videos you can refer to as Keep Photos Secret, Private Photo Vault or Gallery Lock Lite.
Do not sync sensitive content to iCloud, Google Photo
ICloud or Gmail accounts are often allowed by users to backup and synchronize information such as contacts, photos, videos, etc. So, if letting other people know the password information of these accounts, photos, Your sensitive videos are easily exposed.
You can set it to not sync photos to iCloud or turn off backup and synchronization if your device uses Google Photo application. In case, photos or sensitive videos have been uploaded to iCloud, Google Photo, you can access these applications to delete them.
If you want to store images, videos on iCloud, Google Photo, Google Drive or even Facebook . users should set up a 2-layer security login to increase the level of safety.
If you store sensitive photos and videos on your computer, you should carefully set the password (password) for the storage directory and computer.
Be wary of carrying a smartphone for repair
When carrying a smartphone for repair, you will often have to provide a password for the repairer, which also poses a risk of disclosing sensitive information. So, before giving the phone to a repairman, you should take the following steps to prevent a bad situation from happening.
- Store important data before carrying the smartphone for repair, unless the machine cannot operate.
- Select reputable, long-term phone repair shops with clear address and headquarters.
- Ask your phone repairer to provide personal information to know exactly who is keeping your password. This makes the workers also be afraid if you want to "manipulate your hands and feet" on your data.
- Change iCloud password and Google account immediately after repair.
In case, sensitive data is distributed on the network, you need to contact the forum administrator, website to lower the information. After that, report it to the authorities to find out the cause and how to fix it.
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