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Have You Lost Your Phone? Here’s All You Should Do After Losing One

Phones have somehow become human beings’ body parts. Rare are such humans whom you can see without mobile phones (excluding kids less than 5 years of age). Lost phone is the same pain as losing some kind of physical ability. It seems like a nightmare. But bigger is the nightmare of losing your personal data or even data leak.

A data leak is the worst that can happen to you in today’s time. A person can have access to all your personal pictures, documents and passwords if they get the data from your mobile. But all this can be controlled. This article will tell you all of it.

Take these steps…

Manish Thakar, cyber evangelist and associate vice president (IT), Hitachi Hi-Rel recommends, “So, act fast and take these steps. Block your sim and report your lost phone’s IMEI number to the DoT’s Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR). Render the device unusable across mobile service platforms.”

He further stated, “If one has a good antivirus app installed on the phone, then with a single remote command from the software’s web interface. One can wipe the data clean once it hooks to an internet service.”

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‘Hacked’ cyber security session on Lost phone

At the ‘Hacked’ cybersecurity awareness event, organised by the Gujarat CID (crime)’s cyber cell, Thakar was speaking at Ratnaakar Halcyon Society, which is close to the Jodhpur Crossroads. Hemant Pandya, a CID cyber cell investigator, claims that the CEIR website allows for both real-time reporting of missing phones and unblocking of IMEI numbers after the devices are recovered.

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2800 phones stolen in Gujarat in last 2 months

In Gujarat, 2,843 mobile phones have been reported stolen in the last two months; 769 of them have been located, and 128 of them have been unlocked after being located again via CEIR.

“Not many in the state know about this service that is so vital considering the tele density of the state,” said Pandya.

“To block your phone, you provide the CEIR website the mobile number, device information and purchase invoice. Further, you need to file a complaint at the nearest police station and obtain a digital copy of the complai nt. This digital copy should be attached to the portal to block the phone, along with the details of the smartphone owner,” said Thakar.

Srishti Verma

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