If you are travelling, here are a few quick tips for keeping your smartphone safe:
- Avoid free WiFi networks. This is very important. Free WiFi is often the devil’s workshop.
- Disconnect from the wireless network you are connected to if your phone keeps freezing, crashing or rebooting. You might be at the end of hacking activity.
- Do not expose your device to water, direct blazing sun or extreme heat (unless your device is built protected from those).
- Do not accept random/unknown Bluetooth file transfers or pairing requests.
- This is a remote one, but if you are being tracked via your smartphone (or you suspect so), pull out the battery of your device. It can still be tracked if you turn it off. Too bad if your smartphone has a non-removable battery. Throw it on the floor and smash it to bits.