{"id":11588,"date":"2017-05-30T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T14:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=11588"},"modified":"2017-05-31T13:17:11","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T18:17:11","slug":"photos-smartphone-reveal-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/photos-smartphone-reveal-think\/","title":{"rendered":"The Photos on Your Smartphone Reveal More Than You Think"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many celebrities have had their private photos shared in public. But these celebrities\u2019 private photos weren\u2019t even sent to personal acquaintances who then shared the images without permission; these celebrity photos were hacked. Hacking into someone\u2019s personal image gallery is easy, which is why it\u2019s so important to store your most private photos in Private Gallery. Private Gallery lets you protect sensitive photos with a second password. Additionally, once you move photos to Private Gallery, they are removed from your normal photo app for extra protection. Click here to protect your photos from prying eyes:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"hide-private-photos\"<\/a><\/center>But how is it that it\u2019s so simple for hackers to gain access to your private photos? Here, we\u2019ll talk about three common ways hackers can retrieve your private photos.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hacking Email<\/b><\/p>\n

If you send personal photos through email, it\u2019s easy for hackers to gain access to them. Some hackers can figure out how to get into your personal email by trying random combinations of your name \u2014 or if you\u2019ve sent them an email \u2014 using that with the forgotten password helper. If you have a common password, then, it isn\u2019t hard for them to gain access.<\/span><\/p>\n

Using a Cell Provider<\/b><\/p>\n

Common providers like AT&T and Verizon can give hackers a way to access your phone. If a hacker knows your phone number, he or she can then use the \u201cForgot My Password\u201d feature on the cell provider\u2019s website to break your password. Also, if you have an obvious PIN number, the hackers can break into it. Finally, if you have simple security question answers, they can also unlock your password quite easily.<\/span><\/p>\n

Spoofing<\/b><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re sending private photos to someone, beware. It can be easy for hackers to \u201cspoof\u201d \u2014 or replicate \u2014 a cellphone number of the person to whom you want to send the photos. There are a <\/span>number of online services and Caller ID apps<\/span><\/a> that let hackers spoof another person\u2019s phone number and operate as if they are the person to whom you intended to send the photos.<\/span><\/p>\n

You don\u2019t want to let any photos you wouldn\u2019t want your mother to see stay unprotected on your phone. Instead, put them into a password-protected Private Gallery to keep them to yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n

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You might think that the photos in your phone\u2019s gallery are entirely private. But in reality, your private photos can easily be hacked into.<\/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":[5],"tags":[301,303,308,312,212,1412,4358,249],"class_list":["post-11588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security","tag-app2","tag-app3","tag-app6","tag-app8","tag-hidden-gallery","tag-photo","tag-private","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11588","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=11588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11588\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}