Auditing your Android devices

LAST MONTH, WE looked at the things you should do every year in order to ensure that your home network is secure. This month, we thought we’d do the same for Android mobiles. We’ve put together a checklist of things you should look into at least once a year on your mobile – and should definitely run through whenever you get a new one.

CHECK THE LOCK SCREEN

Let’s start with the obvious. Having a good pin/password on your phone is your first point of order. As we’ve discussed ad-nauseum in this column, simple number sequences, dictionary words and names of friends/family/ pets don’t cut it. The lock screen