Avoid spreading private photos, here are 6 ways to secure your private photos

Love sexy selfies but are afraid of being hacked like the #Fappening scandal that hit famous artists like Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton? Don't worry, Jaka has the solution

Recently, we have been shocked by the leaking of nude photos of world artists in the Fappening case, such as Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Ariana Grande, and others through their personal cloud storage accounts and distributed via the anonymous social site 4chan. We also think about this, what if this case also attacks you who like to save your personal selfie photos or store valuable files on your smartphone and it turns out that you also use cloud backup facilities or auto sync other.

Don't let other people steal it. Therefore, through this article, we will tell you how to turn off automatic backup (auto sync) of your photo files to cloud storage media and tips to avoid theft of these valuable files.

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Avoid Scattered Private Photos, Here Are 6 Ways To Secure Your Private Photos

1. How can such data theft happen?

Users of cloud storage facilities actually don't need to be afraid of security and account encryption used. However, the thing that needs to be observed is the password used as an account entry, because most users who were hacked are suspected of using passwords that are too easy to guess.

In addition, you also don't forget, even though the photos or files on your smartphone have been deleted, the files may still be in the cloud so they are vulnerable to being stolen.

2. Turn off the Photo Stream feature in iCloud

For you iPhone users, you just go to Settings > iCloud > Photos, then turn off the selection My Photo Stream and Photo Sharing. In addition, you also have to delete your photos or documents that were previously backed up on Facebook Photos > Albums > My Photo Stream

3. Turn off the Camera Upload feature in Dropbox

If you are a Dropbox user on Android, you can also turn off the feature Camera Upload by accessing Settings > Turn Off Camera Upload. In addition you need to delete all the files you don't want manually.

4. Use 2-Step Verification

Although it takes more time to set up your account to have two-tier verification, this is a surefire step to prevent unwanted people from accessing your account. Each cloud such as Google Drive or iCloud is equipped with this facility so that after you log into your account, you also have to enter your cellular number so that every action you take, you will receive a notification via your smartphone.

5. Use Boxcryptor

You can also use additional applications to increase your file protection through cloud storage facilities. The application called Boxcryptor is available for Android and PC and can encrypt your files in the cloud so that even if they are stolen, only you can open them.

6. Password

This is also important. Although many already know that passwords are sensitive and must be considered carefully, there are still many who do not understand that the passwords used are apparently easy to guess. That is the main concern in the fappening case that was happening yesterday.

Those are some tips regarding effective steps to protect your private photos from malicious hands. Is there anything we missed? Don't forget to give your opinion in the comments column below.