Restarting your smartphone is important for security, here's why

Liputan6.com, Jakarta – At the moment smartphones It has become a basic need that helps activities for many people. Users depend on smartphoneswhether for communication, accessing information, entertainment, creating content, or doing various jobs.

Because it depends on this device, users often don't turn it off smartphones they. However, the United States National Security Agency (NSA) recently mentioned the importance of restarting smartphones for security.

Quoting Gizchina, Saturday (1/6/2024), this information is based on a document entitled “NSA Cybersecurity Practices”. The document recommends the seemingly simple but important safety measure of turning it off and on again smartphones (restart) at least once a week.

Restart the smartphone It is said to not only resolve disruptions or performance problems but also protect devices from possible cyber security threats.

Restart ensure all processes and applications stop completely. These activities have the potential to disrupt dangerous activities hidden in the background.

The NSA did not investigate the technical specifics, but experts believe that routinely restarting the device will disrupt ongoing processes, which could be exploited by certain types of cyber attacks.

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