{"id":10656,"date":"2017-05-02T11:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=10656"},"modified":"2017-04-28T16:55:41","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T21:55:41","slug":"what-should-you-do-after-losing-your-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/what-should-you-do-after-losing-your-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"What Should You Do After Losing Your Phone?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You have a lot of valuable data on your smartphone: dozens of apps, conversations, personal information, account information, contacts, documents, notes, photos, and your banking app, among others. You may even have a credit card or debit card attached to some of those apps. That\u2019s why it\u2019s important to not let your information fall into the wrong hands by taking measures to ensure that your data is safe in the event of loss or theft. Activate DFNDR\u2019s Anti-Theft feature to keep your device and personal information secure:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"activate-anti-theft\"<\/a><\/center>Anti-Theft will allow you to remotely block thieves from accessing your device, sound an alarm (if you\u2019ve lost it closeby), track your device, and erase all of your personal information. If you activate Anti-Theft on your device in advance, then the first thing that you should do after losing your device should be to take advantage of its benefits to protect your phone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More: <\/b>How to Use DFNDR\u2019s Security Scan and Full Virus Scan<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

How to Use Anti-Theft After Losing Your Device<\/b><\/p>\n

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  1. Go to <\/span>https:\/\/my.psafe.com<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Log in with the Google account that you used for Anti-Theft.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. From here you can access the \u201cdelete data,\u201d \u201cblock,\u201d \u201csound alarm,\u201d and \u201clocate\u201d functions. Simply click on whichever function you want to perform and confirm the action.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. If your phone is turned off or not connected to the Internet, a window will appear informing you that your request will not be completed until your phone is back online.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Depending on where you lost your phone \u2014 such as if you\u2019ve simply misplaced it \u2014 you may want to start with sounding an alarm or locating your device. However, if you\u2019ve lost it on the subway or somewhere more public, you should enable the \u201cblock\u201d function to protect your personal information. Even though a kind individual may have found your phone and could be waiting for you to call or text him\/her about your missing device, you still don\u2019t want them to have access to all of your information. Next, try to locate your phone. If you believe that your phone has been stolen, and that you\u2019re not likely to get it back, then you should delete all of the data from your device.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Protect Your Phone in Advance<\/b><\/p>\n

    Advanced Protection is another feature that can protect your device in the event that it is lost or stolen. Once activated, this feature will prevent thieves and hackers from breaking into your device and disabling DFNDR\u2019s security system. It will also keep malware from disabling your phone\u2019s security system. Advanced Protection will make sure that all of your photos, conversations, apps, and personal information are protected. Click here to activa Advanced Protection:<\/span><\/p>\n

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    If you\u2019ve just lost your phone \u2014 or if you want to be prepared in case you lose it \u2014 consider this your guide on how to respond to a missing phone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[30,1813,349],"class_list":["post-10656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-performance","tag-android","tag-antitheft","tag-phone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}