Smartphone, don't spy!
Smartphone checklist: Dangers in the mobile network
There are many dangers lurking in the mobile network that are usually difficult to avoid. These tasks are designed to encourage you to try anyway. It is not only your mobile device that is directly affected, but also your data and communications that are exchanged between a variety of places. This data can be used by third parties, such as companies or authorities, for surveillance, profiling or tracking. In addition, data leaks or unauthorized access by cyber criminals can have serious consequences.
- You do not have login codes sent to you as an SMS
- You suppress your phone number when you make a call
- Deactivate your voicemail
- You have not activated your mobile data connection at all times
- You do without apps like "SnoopSnitch"
- You use data-saving telephone tariffs
- You have objected to the marketing of your movement data
- You have set up a block for third-party providers
- You don't give your name immediately when you answer the phone
- Dial emergency numbers such as 110 and 112 carefully
- Weigh up the risks before you take your smartphone to a demo
- Check whether your messengers also work without a SIM card inserted
- You do not share your phone number
- Switch off all electronic devices when you cross fortified border installations
- You use anonymous sim cards
- Deactivate your SIM card if you are traveling with a group
- You use your smartphone exclusively for one SIM card
- You often use other SIM cards and a proxy phone
- Do not use your anonymous SIM card at the same time as a non-anonymous card
- You deactivate your SIM card when traveling in modern cars
- You don't make calls with your anonymous SIM card
- You have purchased SIM cards and phones anonymously
- You get your phone credit anonymously
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