How to make data secure if selling your smartphone?

kuepper

only ever occurred to me before in relation to computers but how do you get rid of all your data so ppl can't recover it if you sell or recycle it?

banger9365

factory reset do's what you need

kuepper

banger9365 wrote: »

factory reset do's what you need

but that still leaves data recoverable doesn't it? after doing that on a computer before selling you are advised to 'wipe' the free space thats created after resetting

Own_My_Own

kuepper wrote: »

but that still leaves data recoverable doesn't it? after doing that on a computer before selling you are advised to 'wipe' the free space thats created after resetting

I would have thought the new owner would need to know your apple/google account details and password to recover your data.

banger9365

kuepper wrote: »

but that still leaves data recoverable doesn't it? after doing that on a computer before selling you are advised to 'wipe' the free space thats created after resetting

will average joe know how to get the data off = no

kuepper

banger9365 wrote: »

will average joe know how to get the data off = no

but cybercrime isnt done by average joe's is it

im-lost

kuepper wrote: »

but cybercrime isnt done by average joe's is it

And people don't buy smartphones to commit 'cyber crime' not that there's much that can be done with the majority of data on a phone anyway.

kuepper

im-lost wrote: »

And people don't buy smartphones to commit 'cyber crime' not that there's much that can be done with the majority of data on a phone anyway.

if I use it for banking, emails I would have thought there's a lot of potential for it

anotheruser

So you banking app just lets you straight into the account?
Emails are wiped when you reset the phones data.
Cyber crime / terrorism is done with old phones, not new smart phones.

You will be fine with a factory reset.
Smart phones are much better than PC's at wiping data.
Even above average joe wouldn't be able to get much off the phone, which is still very unlikely.