{"id":1430,"date":"2017-01-24T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=1430"},"modified":"2017-02-06T15:15:45","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T20:15:45","slug":"using-anti-theft-phone-stolen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/using-anti-theft-phone-stolen\/","title":{"rendered":"Use DFNDR\u2019s Anti-Theft Tools When Your Phone is Stolen"},"content":{"rendered":"

If a smartphone becomes lost or stolen, the whole experience can be nerve-racking. Now that we use our phones for almost everything \u2014 such as online shopping, taking and sharing photos, and sending emails \u2014 we have a lot of sensitive data stored on our phones that needs to be protected.<\/span><\/p>\n

Luckily, if you have the DFNDR app installed on your device, and have enabled the Anti-Theft feature, you won\u2019t have to worry about someone else accessing your personal data. With this features enabled, you can perform various tools remotely, all through your Google registration.<\/p>\n

The Anti-Theft feature includes to lock down your device remotely, find your phone\u2019s location on a map, activate a loud alarm to find it nearby, and more. If you are using your Android device, click here for a shortcut to activate the feature:<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nContinue reading to learn how to use this tool to protect your data and find your phone if it\u2019s lost or stolen.<\/span><\/p>\n

How to Protect Your Device with Anti-Theft<\/strong><\/h2>\n

To remote control your device and stop thieves from accessing your apps and media files, you should have enabled the DFNDR\u2019s Anti-Theft feature previously.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Activate<\/a><\/center>To locate your device on a computer, visit <\/span>my.psafe.com<\/span><\/a> and enter your Google account information for the initial activation of the anti-theft features. Through the website you can remotely sound an alarm to audibly find your phone, erase all data, locate and lock your device, or find out if your SIM card has been tampered with. If the unit is connected to the Internet and has a charged battery, you can see the location of your phone. Remember, it\u2019s important not to cancel your SIM card before you try to access these tools.<\/span><\/p>\n

To access the anti-theft features on the website, click the \u201c+\u201d button in the bottom right-hand corner. Your screen should display, from top to bottom, the following options: \u201cremove,\u201d \u201ctrigger an alarm,\u201d \u201cremove data,\u201d \u201cblock device screen,\u201d and \u201cfind.\u201d Each of these functions are designed to give greater security to the user and provide them with the precise location of their device when connected.<\/span><\/p>\n

If your device appears to be offline or disconnected with no Internet connection, don\u2019t fret. You can activate the actions \u201cblock device screen,\u201d \u201cremove data,\u201d and \u201ctrigger an alarm\u201d so that as soon as your phone is turned on and\/or the Internet connection is restored, your actions will push through. If you are online, you will follow the same steps, but instead the message will say, \u201ccommand sent to the device,\u201d \u201csuccessfully deleted data,\u201d or \u201csuccessfully locked\u201d whenever the action is completed.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s important to note that you should contact the police immediately if you can locate your stolen phone through DFNDR\u2019s Anti-Theft feature. Do not try to obtain your stolen device without police officials. You want your device to remain safe \u2014 but it\u2019s important that you\u2019re safe, too.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If your phone is lost or stolen, learn how to take advantage of DFNDR\u2019s Anti-Theft features in order to protect your data and find your 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":[5],"tags":[245,1079,153,1082],"class_list":["post-1430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security","tag-anti-theft","tag-psafe-anti-theft","tag-psafe-total","tag-stolen-phone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1430","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=1430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18278,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1430\/revisions\/18278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}