Here's How Manufacturers Protect User Privacy and Data - 35 % of Smartphones in the World Vulnerable to Hacking
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The results of research conducted by the antivirus company Bitdefender show that 35 percent of Android smartphones spread across the world are prone to being hacked.
The report also states that most of the smartphones used by users are still running an older version of the Android operating system, so they no longer receive security patches . This is a loophole that criminals can use to hack smartphones .
“Users (unknowingly) continue to use devices that are vulnerable (to cyberattacks) for years, even though (those devices) are no longer supported by smartphone manufacturers for updates ,” said Bitdefender security expert Silviu Stahie as quoted on the Bitdefender page, Thursday (9/9/2019). 6/2022).
Silviu continued, hacking loopholes are also increasingly open because users often ignore security patch updates. Apart from that, he added, the research also found that many users were still using devices released a decade ago.
In Indonesia alone, the number of internet users will reach 210 million in early 2022. This was revealed in a report entitled "Indonesian Internet Profile 2022" which was released by the Association of Indonesian Internet Service Providers (APJII) in June 2022.
The report also revealed that the majority of Indonesian internet users or as much as 89.03 percent access the internet using smartphones or tablets.
Meanwhile, the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) noted that the number of cyber attacks in Indonesia reached 1.6 billion attacks in 2021. This figure has increased significantly when compared to cyber attacks that occurred in 2020, which were 496 million attacks.
The large potential for hacking and cyber attacks makes all parties make full efforts to maintain data security and user privacy. This effort is also being made by smartphone manufacturers , such as Oppo.
Oppo presents a number of features and technology on its newest smartphones , such as the Oppo Reno8 Pro 5G, to close gaps for cybercriminals. Here are the reviews.
1. Nearby Wi-Fi
It should be noted that public Wi-Fi networks are often used by cybercriminals to hack smartphone users' data and privacy .
The presence of the Nearby Wi-Fi feature on the Oppo Reno8 Pro 5G can protect user security by disabling the user's location.
Thus, user information cannot be seen by other users when the device is connected to a Wi-Fi connection in a public place.
2. Clipboard History Privacy and Auto Pixelation
The presence of the Clipboard History Privacy feature allows the Oppo Reno8 Pro 5G to delete the clipboard history after a while. This feature can also prevent leakage of sensitive information due to malware attacks that target clipboard history .
Apart from that, the Oppo Reno8 Pro 5G also has an Auto Pixelation feature. This feature can recognize and blur profile photos and names in chat screenshots with just one tap.
3. Payment Protection
Payment Protection can maintain data security when accessing financial applications, for example when making online transactions .
Equipped with Secure Keyboard, this feature can prevent the recording of input numbers or text by keyloggers or malware . Then, the Payment Protection feature can also prevent the sending of inputted data to the internet network.
The Payment Protection feature will be activated automatically when users access financial applications. The activation of this feature is indicated by the appearance of the letter S icon on the status bar.
4. Personal Safe
In order to provide a high level of security, the Personal Safe feature is encrypted with the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).
The presence of this feature helps users to hide private and sensitive documents, such as photos or videos, on the Private Safe page. Thus, these documents cannot be viewed directly through the Photos application or File Manager.
The page can only be accessed by users with special protection via a password, pattern, personal identification number (PIN), or fingerprint.
5. Best privacy and security standards
Oppo presents the ColorOS 12 and ColorOS 13 interface systems which can provide optimal privacy and security protection. This is because this system is based on a number of authoritative privacy and security authentication standards, such as ePrivacy, TRUSTe, ISO27701, and ISO27001.
Those are the five features that Oppo has pinned on the Oppo Reno8 Pro 5G which can support data security and user privacy.
Not only that, Oppo will also improve security features on a number of its devices that are already running the Android 13 operating system via ColorOS 13 Beta. This interface system will be embedded in more than 20 Oppo devices starting in 2023.
Through ColorOS, Oppo guarantees that the Find and Reno series line devices will receive security updates for four years after launch. Meanwhile, the A series line devices will receive increased security updates for up to three years since launch.
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Most importantly allowing third parties to run on devices is one of the numerous ways people expose their devices to hackers. Everyone needs to be careful with what the permit on their smartphones