How to prevent private information getting stolen by android apps

Android phones are like some personal stuff, so they contain a lot of files consisting of private information. It happens sometime that the Android apps steal the personal data from these files unknowingly.  Many users are not aware of such activities and thus lose some personal data. So it’s crucial to aware user about how to prevent private information.

Password protecting the personal files can be a very nice trick to save data. Thus the device always asks for the password before opening that file. Another way could be applying password at startup, which enables the device to ask for password while unlocking the key pad.

A new Android app provides the facility of password protection while opening some file, called Advanced App Locker.

• This facilitates to lock any of the personal applications on the phone which the user likes to hide or there may be some secret kind of application. The user can prevent private information by locking it through Advanced App Locker.

The user can lock the application whatever the way they feel convenient. There are many ways of locking the files through this app.

• Password protect

Through this user protects the files by applying some password on it and therefore the device always for it whenever the user or anyone else likes to open it. It is quite similar thing to password provided for accounts on the internet by domains.

• PIN protect

PIN protecting includes locking the file with a PIN that is a combination of some numbers same as there are PIN codes for the debit cards.

• Dial a Number

Here user protects a file or application through a contact saved on the smartphone. Whenever that user dials the contact, it unlocks them.

•  Blank screen

Whenever a file protected through blank screen method opens up, the display just shows a blank screen. Then there is need to press a number from 0 to 9 repeatedly up to some set limit, which unlocks the application. Preventing private information from stealing is easy through this application.

This application is available free of cost in the app market. The pro version, which contains more features, is available at 1.5 $ price.