Types of photos you should not save on your phone

Many people use their mobile phones to take photos and screenshots to record things around them, but no matter how convenient they are, be careful when storing them.

Some experts remind that, even if the mobile phone has a lot of memory capacity, do not store 5 types of photos in the phone and delete them immediately, otherwise you will regret it at some point. Let's see what those 5 types of photos are.

Photo of citizen identification card or identity card

Citizen identification and identity card are important personal documents of each person. Each individual is only given a unique series of numbers. For convenience in handling work, paperwork, ... many people take pictures with their phones and save them on their phones in case they need to use them.

Types of photos you should not save on your phone. (Illustration).

But unfortunately your mobile phone is accidentally lost or the photo is leaked, then others can see our citizen identification. In this case, personal information will be exposed, very dangerous and if malicious people take advantage, it will cause serious losses.

High-tech criminals often target citizen identification cards with QR codes and chips on the cards that contain a lot of personal information that can be exploited. Subjects can use the image of the card to register for a bank account or borrow money on an app, use it to register for a virtual tax code, register for a postpaid phone number, ... along with many other tricks to illegally profit.

Bank card photo

Everyone knows that when registering a bank card, we also need to use our ID card to register and reserve our mobile phone number, so the bank card is as important as our citizen ID card.

You should not leave a photo of your bank card on your mobile phone. If unfortunately, when your mobile phone is lost, someone else can use the photo of your bank card and mobile phone to transfer money in your bank card, which will lead to the loss of your property.

Driver's license photo

Many people have the habit of taking a photo of their driver's license and saving it to their phone, especially those who have just gotten their driver's license. At this time, because of excitement, they take a photo to share the joy with friends or share on social networks.

In fact, a driver's license is just like an ID card. It contains our name, ID number and home address, all the information is very clear and detailed. Therefore, when lost, all our personal information will be exposed and will be easily used by bad guys, bringing you a lot of trouble.

Account password photo

Many people have the habit of taking photos to save account passwords or important passwords in their phones. However, in the event of a lost mobile phone, bad guys can quickly know all account passwords, making it easy for all money and personal information to be stolen.

Sensitive photos

Many people have the habit of saving sweet moments when they are in love or photos of themselves. However, there are "hot" photos that you should not save on your phone in case you lose your phone, these photos can be spread out and affect your reputation.

To overcome this, you can use software to “hide” photos and videos . It will be really difficult to avoid cases where friends, colleagues and especially phone repairmen touch your smartphone. So putting sensitive images and videos in a security application is a necessary way.

So keeping these 5 types of photos in your device is extremely dangerous and can bring disaster upon yourself. Check to see if you still have these photos, be careful!

Khanh Son (Synthesis)

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