TMI: Lost Phone With Sensitive Info

[ntwhtyouknw]

SO.. I didn't really want to post this out of embarrassment but I thought that I should do so to provoke a little thought in someone else which I so foolishly lacked before now. I lost my phone today.. It was returned to me thank god, BUT... It got me thinking , all the Nexus pages I have bookmarked, suspicious photos of Harmala extractions, not to mention lots of personal photos, text, numbers, the possibility that someone could get my personal banking info. The paranoia that went through my head!:? What if a cop had been the one to find it instead of that goodhearted gas station attendant. Any way, so I have decided now not to keep any bookmarks of anything questionable on my phone. Move all the photos to my hard drive at home for back up and make sure that if this happens again that there is nothing incriminating on it. Who knows, maybe I am the only one this foolish, but a warning to anyone who is as careless as I have been about personal info stored on a mobile device.. DON'T DO IT! I literally freaked out quite a bit.

 

[a1pha]

Hopefully, you at least password protect your device with auto-lock enabled.

 

[Blackandblue]

Put a password on it.
Then, use an encryption tool so even if someone forces their way onto the data they can't do anything hopefully.
Police aren't allowed to 'break in' to your phone.
A criminal would be liable for a crime so wouldn't want to report you then anyway unless anonymously.
Banking = bad idea, don't know what you can do.

Gl.