{"id":19200,"date":"2014-01-29T18:34:41","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T10:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=19200"},"modified":"2023-04-06T19:13:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T11:13:47","slug":"permanently-deleting-mobile-phone-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/permanently-deleting-mobile-phone-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Data Removal Is Crucial Before You Sell Your Phone"},"content":{"rendered":"

When \u2018sell your phone\u2019 companies exploded onto the scene a few years ago it changed the way we dealt with our unwanted smartphones<\/a>. When the contract expires or when the device falls apart from a bad fall<\/a>, you can recycle it at a company and reclaim a bit of extra cash at the same time. As we are contributing to the environment and making a little extra money, we often forget that we are in fact sending off a device<\/strong> that once held a considerable amount of personal information<\/strong> \u2013 to a complete stranger!<\/p>\n

As smartphone technology continues to advance, we are trusting our mobile devices with more and more with our personal data<\/strong>. From the type of media we consume, to passwords, contact and account details. Could we potentially be dropping our guard, too low, when giving our phones away?<\/p>\n

Concerns regarding the erase of sensitive files is certainly not a new fret, it was even tackled well<\/a> here before but thanks to technological developments, removing data from smartphones has become much trickier.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\tAre Smartphones Putting Your Data At Risk?<\/span><\/a>\n
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