Watch out! Thieves are everywhere …

Have you ever experiencing a theft? I personally did. Poor me. It was happened to my lovely blue Nokia 3315 a couple years ago in a city bus at Jogjakarta, Indonesia. Hmmm, I was so sad at that time. Yes, so much till I feel that my tears want to drop from my eyes.

Please don’t laugh on me since losing your mobile phone could become your sadness moment. Remember, losing it means you lose not only the gizmo yet data. Data are various. It can be your contact list, messages, word documents, excel and even worse private pictures or videos.

So, how to handle this problem? Here is the tips and tricks from wanna-be-famous-blog 3GWeek:

1. Step One

Do not leave your mobile phone unattended or in open view in public places. Even if your phone is located close at hand, a bold thief may still be willing to grab it and run.

2. Step Two

Do not leave your mobile phone on open display in an unattended car. If you do need to leave your phone in an unattended vehicle, lock it in the glove compartment or the boot.

3. Step Three

When using your phone in a public place, consider your surroundings and, if appropriate, be discrete in the way in which you use your phone. Do not use your phone in areas where you might feel unsafe.

4. Step Four

Do not give your phone to strangers who ask to borrow it.

Special case in public transport

5. Step Five

In city bus or other public transportation (like in my case, especially in Indonesia) be careful on a group of people which you feel paying too much attention on you and your gizmo or gizmo’s pouch. In Indonesia, theft are not just an individual crime, they are such a well organized action.

6. Step Six

Put your mobile phone inside of bag or pouch and make sure you keep it in front of you or anywhere else which still beyond your attention. Just don’t put it behind you!

7. Step Seven

When you don’t even carrying a bag or pouch, then holding on your mobile phone is better than keep it inside your pants’ or trousers’ pocket. Remember, those thieves aren’t be able to steal from you if you show up your gizmo. But if they still do it from you then it is not a thieving yet a robbery. Well, this one a different case. Sometimes, loving your life is better than losing your gizmo. Except if you’re Jet Lee or Jacky Chan.

Ok, I think that’s all for this Saturday. For other tips on how to protect your cellphone from crackers (data theft), check this CNET Asia’s video show by Lavinia Tan. She shows you a good step by step on how to deal with this. Cool, with Singapore beautiful down town panoramas.

Source: Tech Arp and GSM World

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 Print Posted by Wim Permana on May 10th, 2008