Celebrating Women’s Month Through Secured Phone Communication

In honour of Women’s Month, let’s take a moment to reflect on the realities that many women experience every day, such as worries about their personal security. Safer phone use is one area where women may take action for their safety.

Nowadays, many people use their phones for everything from making and receiving calls and texts to paying bills, playing games, and doing business. It’s terrible that cyber criminals use our phone numbers to steal our data, harass us online, and even physically follow us. Cyberstalking, revenge porn, and other types of online abuse are especially prevalent against women. Considering how many individuals must use the internet for business and socialising, there is a huge population of online users that are vulnerable. The COVID-19 pandemic only made things worse as we became more reliant on technology, and shared our personal data with even more people. 

This March, one way to celebrate women is to reinforce security in phone communication where women can be vulnerable. Here are some things to keep in mind to make your phone conversations safe:

• End-to-end encryption guarantees that no one except the intended receiver and the sender can decipher a communication. End-to-end encryption may be found in several messaging apps such as Viber, WhatsApp, and iMessage.

• Use two-factor authentication, which adds another layer of protection by having you input a code delivered to your phone in addition to your password, for many applications and services.

• Always update your phone’s software to make sure you have the latest fixes for security flaws.

• Activate remote wipe on your phone, you will be able to prevent unwanted access to any data stored on the device if it is lost or stolen.

• Employ a cloud-based communication provider that allows you to take control of your personal information by keeping personal phone numbers private.

By following these basic tips, you may help guarantee that your phone connection is as safe as possible. Let’s celebrate Women’s Month by safeguarding our online identities and personal information.