Computing - Tablets

Android and ipad Apps Security and Privacy Settings

Some tips for security settings

Don’t use the option to sign in with your Google email account, Apple ID or Facebook ID on other apps or websites.

In your Google account there are lots of settings that can be turned off such as browsing history and Location history which has a record of all the places you have been to when you are carrying your smartphone with you.

Select 'Manage your Account' and take the 'Privacy Check-Up'. You will be amazed how much information Google stores including your mail archives, Youtube places you have visited

In Facebook go to Settings > Timeline and Tagging and select ‘Review posts that friends tag you …. ‘ and change to Enable.

Also in Settings > Face recognition turn off facial recognition.

In Settings > Ads > Ads settings select ‘Ads that include your social actions’ and change to ‘No one’

Spotify shares what you play publicly. In settings disable ‘Listening Activity’ and ‘Recently Played Artists’. You can also enable ‘Private Session’ and ‘Make Secret’ any of your playlists.

In Windows 10 go to Settings > Privacy and select ‘Activity history’ and deselect ‘Store my activity history. . .’ and ‘Send my activity history to Microsoft’

In ‘diagnostics and feedback’ change it to Basic and delete past diagnostic data.

Jumbo Security

This is a free app for Android and iOS Scans all your settings, timelines, location history, search history for various apps including Google, Facebook and Amazon and lets you select which features to turn off or on, and you can remove your history for searches etc. There are similar apps that claim to clean up your security settings without giving away your data to advertisers

Computer Active magazine

Derbyshire Libraries let you download free magazines and since February 2021 have been available using the Libby App rather than RB Digital. There are some computer magazines including Computer Active published fortnightly which have the latest news and lots of reviews, hints and tips.

The Group Coordinator - updated October 2022