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TECHNOLOGY
FRANKLY SPEAKING

How to Find your Lost
Phone and Protect Its Data
By Jeffrey A. Franklin, Esquire

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ractical digital security tips to help you protect the data
on and locate your lost or stolen phone. Looking for
tips on protecting the data on your laptop or locating
your lost laptop? See Technology Frankly Speaking in the
Winter 2017 Berks Barrister.
Stolen or Lost Phones: A Common Occurrence
Every one of us has reached for our phone and felt the
momentary panic when it is not where we expected it to be.
Now what? Not only do you have your personal email, contacts,
calendar, texts, browser history, health information, etc., on
your phone, but you probably have your business and client
information there too.
How to Protect your Phone Data if your Phone is Lost
or Stolen
Enabling encryption goes a long way towards protecting
your data in the event your phone is lost or stolen.
How to Encrypt your phone:
iOS
Apple introduced device encryption with iOS 8 in 2014.
All it takes is a security code or fingerprint to enable it. While
a basic four-digit passcode will do, for better protection I
recommend using a longer numerical passcode or a password.

* Head to Settings
* Select Touch ID & Passcode (or Passcode for older devices
without a fingerprint sensor)
* Click on the Turn Passcode On option
* Enter a passcode or password and/or setup the fingerprint
Touch ID
Android
It's a little more complicated for Android devices. Google's
Nexus phones and tablets come with encryption enabled by
default. Most new Android devices that ship with Android 6.0
Marshmallow or above are also encrypted. Like the iPhone, all
you must do is add a security code or fingerprint to enable it.
* Head to Settings
* Click Security
* Select Screen Lock
* Create a security code
For older devices, you will need to manually encrypt them.
Before starting, make sure the phone is plugged in, since it could
take up to an hour to complete, depending on the amount of data
on your device. Next create a passcode using the method outlined
above and then follow the steps below:
* Head to Settings
* Select Security
* Click on Encrypt phone

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