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Lookout offers an all-in-one security app which can help you to locate your mobile device if you
should lose it, via a number of innovative techniques.

You can use your computer to sound an alarm on your mobile to help you locate it. You can
also display a lost message on the screen with your contact details, and call the device over the
web from any web browser.

Lookout will also backup all your contacts automatically, allowing you to access them on your
computer and if needs be transfer them to another device. If you choose to pay from the
premium version, they offer the same service for your photos as well as a thief alert, which will
tell you if there is any unusual activity on your device.

3. An App-Locker – Recommended – App Lock

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.domobile.applock&hl=en_GB

An App-Locker is a bit of kit which allows you to lock any of the apps on your phone to help
guarantee your privacy, prevent unauthorized access, and also save on your precious data
allowance, especially if the kids get hold of your phone!

The best app-locker around at the moment is App Lock, although it is currently only available for
Android devices. App Lock lets you all your apps including contacts, incoming calls, and SMS. It
can hide your photos away from any prying eyes that might browse your gallery, and it can even
freeze the settings in case someone tries to make changes to your device.

An app-locker is an essential tool to combat malicious or just nosy people from accessing your
private data and memories on your phone.

4. A VPN – Recommended: Buffered

https://buffered.com/

A VPN is a tool which channels all of your online activity down an encrypted pathway and via an
external server. It renders all your online
activity anonymous, meaning that neither the
sites you visit or any unscrupulous third-
parties who might be watching your activity,
can see anything you are doing online.

They work on both browser and app contact
with the internet and are a vital tool for
securing your privacy when going online.
They also offer security when using the
notoriously insecure public Wi-Fi

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