Turn off your smartphone for 5 minutes every night: Why you need to do it

The Australian Prime Minister and the National Security Agency recommend that you turn your smartphone off and then on regularly. There is talk of turning it off for 5 minutes every day before turning it back on. And all this to avoid being hacked.

Do you want to reduce the chances of hackers hacking your smartphone? Tip: Turn it off once a day, for at least five minutes. This is what Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told the press. The media quoted these statements Watchmanwhich gives some additional details.

Simple things, turn off your phone every night for five minutes. For the people watching this, do it every 24 hours, do it while you’re brushing your teeth or whatever you’re doing.

What is the point of rebooting?

This statement follows the announcement of the creation of a National Cyber ​​Security Coordinator in Australia. And if one can believe that this sentence comes from a Boomer In fact, this is not the case, and Security experts agree Australian Prime Minister.

So, Priyadarsi Nandaa cybersecurity expert, points out that restarting your mobile phone once a day greatly reduces your risk of being hacked by a hacker.

In practice, rebooting the smartphone will allow Close all applications, but above all, all processes Runs in the background. It is often one of these processes that hackers use to break into a smartphone, be it Android or iOS.

A practice recommended by the National Security Agency

The NSA (National Security Agency in the United States) also recommends that you turn off your smartphone regularly to reduce the risk of cyberattacks, the media specifies. Numerama. The NSA indicates that it is appropriate Reboot your phone at least twice a week. This is to reduce the chances of two different attacks.

First, spear phishing, which requires the installation of a malicious application. Then zero-click exploits that don’t need user interaction to activate.

Restart limits

But be careful, because Rebooting is not the holy grail of cybersecurity advocacy. Many attacks won’t be countered by turning your smartphone off and on.

Also, one may ask the question about the interest of this procedure for ordinary citizens. On the other hand, if you’re in a sensitive profession, read our Best Practices Guide from the National Security Agency It may be useful to you.

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