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Protect Your Android Devices with Simple and Actionable Security Tips.

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  • 1. Important Security Tips for Android Devices Powered by RapidSSLOnline

2. Do Not Save PasswordsIt is always best to avoid saving important passwords on your Android devices, especially in case of banking or payment applications. 3. Use in-built SecurityFrom setting passwords and pins to creating patterns, in-built security offers many choices. 4. Carefully Read App permissions 5. Download Original Apps from Authentic Developers Apps from fake developers or pirated versions of apps tend to harbor malicious codes within them which can mess up with the content of the Android device. To avoid this, download ONLY the original app version from genuine developers. 6. Create a back-up of your Data 7. Secure Network 8. Installing Anti-Virus Our smart phones are our new computers, which is exactly why we need to treat them like one! And they rightly deserve the basic set of safety precautions like installing an AntiVirus. 9. Encrypt Data Data Encryption makes it tricky for cyber-thieves to extract the readable data from your device in case its lost or stolen. This can be enabled by Settings>> Security>> Enable Encryption 10. Updated Software in Phone Updated operating systems minimize the hazards of security vulnerabilities. A lot of cybercriminals depend on the lack of concern toward software update to run their malicious ventures.