It's best not to activate these 3 settings on an Android cellphone, beware of being hacked!
Settings on an Android cellphone. (Illustration: Unsplash Sten Ritterfeld)
-- There are several settings on an Android cellphone that should not be activated to avoid being hacked.
Mobile phones with the Android operating system now dominate communication media enthusiasts in Indonesia.
Many people are hunting for Android gadgets to help with communication activities, to make work easier. Many of the features offered by Android cellphones are liked by users, ranging from telecommunications applications, multimedia, to gaming.
Android phones also have settings that users must know.
It turns out there are dangerous settings that should be disabled on Android phones.
Starting from recording conversation activities, sending advertisements, to tracking user location or whereabouts which can be monitored through sophisticated Android cellphone features. So how do you disable settings that are considered dangerous and vulnerable to hacking?
Quoted by AyoSurabaya from the upload of the TikTok account @gaol.creative, here are three settings that users should not activate, to prevent opportunities for hacking.
1. Prevent Google from recording conversation activity
Here are the steps:
- Open Google
- Click Profile Photo in the top right corner
- Click manage Google account
- Full "Data and Privacy" menu
- Select "Web and Apps" activity
- Select the deactivate menu
- Uncheck active to inactive
2. Prevent Google from sending ads
Here are the steps:
- Open Google
- Click the profile photo in the top right corner
- Click manage Google account
- Select "Web Activity and Privacy"
- Scroll up then select "Ad Center"
- Select Ad personalization
- Select disabled
3. Prevent Google from tracking your whereabouts or position
Here are the steps:
- Open Google maps
- Click the profile photo in the top right corner
- Click "Your Data in Maps"
- Scroll up then select "Location History"
- Uncheck active to inactive
These are a number of settings on an Android cellphone that should not be activated. Hope it is useful!(*)