If you turn on the tracking mode of your smartphone, you can easily find it if you lose it. However, Vladimir Ulyanov, head of the Zecurion analytical center, warns that this method threatens the owner’s confidential information. Such tools can always be used against users stated He is in conversation with 360 TV channel.
The expert noted that by activating the tracking function it will be possible, if not to find the lost device, then at least to block it. At the same time, he compared this mode to the problem of choosing photo storage – the question often arises whether to give preference to the cloud or the hard drive. Ulyanov stated that in this case there is a risk and everyone makes their own choice.
“Information security issues are always a search for a balance between convenience, comfort and security,” he emphasized.
The expert also advised Russians to be more careful with their phones when traveling on public transport or at the airport. In general, in his opinion, people rarely lose their smartphones, so the threat of negative consequences is unlikely.
Before that, let’s remember the company Meta (recognized as extremist and banned in Russia). fine €5.5 million fine for WhatsApp messenger’s breach of EU privacy rules. It has been violated during the processing of users’ personal information.
Russian students before was created Device for tracking lost items.