Anti-thief: The best apps to protect your smartphone from theft

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5 representatives of Generation Y say that the inability to constantly check their smartphone causes a “
panic attack, like the absence of a part of themselves.” That is, “without a phone - like without hands,”
literally. In general , it is not surprising that the loss or theft of a beloved smartphone
can become a catastrophe of truly universal proportions.

And it's not even about the cost of the gadget itself, which
can easily exceed a thousand dollars. Much more valuable is everything that
is stored in it and is so dear to your heart (or wallet). Your phone knows
more about you than your mother, and this is no joke.


Not only valuable contacts and passwords for accessing online banking us companies board of directors email database can be stored here , but also confidential work information (remember
the developers of newfangled gadgets who constantly forget prototypes of new
devices in American bars) or even spicy photos (remember Hollywood
celebrities... but let's not get distracted from the topic).

We won't explain that storing all this on your phone
is pretty stupid (although realizing this simple fact now will help you
save a lot of nerve cells one day), but we'll tell you what to do today so that
parting with your favorite smartphone tomorrow is less painful. And don't
think that this will never happen to you.

According to datasurvey, conducted by Kaspersky Lab together with O+K Research in May
2012, 14% of respondents had experienced the loss or theft of a smartphone. And according to the dataresearchAccording to Pew Research Center,
the figure is significantly higher among young people: Almost half (45%)
of respondents aged 18 to 24 have lost their phones. The average figure among
smartphone owners is 33%; in other words, one in three people has lost their smartphone at least once
.

The easiest way to take care of your
smartphone in advance in case of its loss or theft is to install a special application. Today, there are many programs that can greatly facilitate
your life in such an unpleasant situation.

For example, in the best case scenario, you will be able to
contact a law-abiding citizen who found your smartphone and wants to
return it. Well, in the worst case, if the smartphone was stolen
intentionally, you can try to track down the thief or simply delete all the data stored on the phone.

Find My iPhone
ProgramFind My iPhoneallows you
to remotely track the location of your iPhone. Just install the application on another iOS device and confirm
your Apple ID; after that, the coordinates of your iPhone will be saved in the cloud. If you lose your gadget, you can
track where your iPhone is at the moment from another device.

Well, then, depending on the circumstances, you can
play a sound signal (for 2 minutes at full volume, even if
the device is muted), send a pop-up
message to the smartphone screen, block access to the device. If you understand that
there is no hope of finding and returning your favorite gadget, then you can at least erase
all data from it so that intruders cannot access it.