Protect your smartphone! Learn how to use M-Kavach app to keep hackers away

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With rising cybercrimes, it has become very important to protect your smartphone. While we all use some level of protection, from pattern and PIN codes to fingerprint or Face ID locks, they are simply not enough to protect your smartphone. For instance, if a hacker can somehow install malware in your smartphone, he can steal all your sensitive data without you ever knowing. That is why, the government of India launched the M-Kavach app in 2019 to help people protect their devices and personal data. Check out how to use the M-Kavach app to keep the hackers away.

M-Kavach app was launched as a part of the government’s Cyber Swachhta Kendra, a mobile security solution by its Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in). The app can be easily downloaded and helps by adding a layer of security to create a multi-factor authentication system for all applications, which any hacker would find more difficult and time-consuming to break into. But the app does not stop there. It also allows you to remotely delete the data in your smartphone in case your device gets lost or stolen. You can also restrict user access to hardware elements like camera, mobile data, WiFi and Bluetooth to ensure nobody can steal your information easily.

Before using the M-Kavach app, you will need to install it on your device and configure it properly. To download the app, you can simply go to your app store and look for the M-Kavach app. After installing it, you will need to give the app quite a few permissions including app access, location information, as well as access to contacts, camera, gallery and system apps. This is important as the app protects all these different functions in the smartphone. You can always change permissions from your settings