PHOTO PROTECTION ON WINDOWS PHONE

Photo Protection On Windows Phone

Besides functioning as a communication tool, smartphones also useful as a storage media files such as photos, videos, songs, documents and so on. But, sometimes the files saved in the smartphone has a private or personal nature and should to do security if the user does not want the files accessed by other people.

Unlike other smartphones OS platforms, the process of securing files on Windows Phone could be said a bit different. Even to take advantage of such protection applications on the Android OS is very limited because the system is owned by Windows Phone is more complicated and application developers is limited.

However, there are several tools that can be used by Windows Phone users who want to protect against photo files contained in smartphones. One tool that can be used is the application of "PHOTO LOCK". Application from Matheus Lustosa (MoiC4) is offered free and paid.

Technically, protection photos using this application is to move the files to the gallery contained on Photo Lock app. This application will create a hidden folder outside the default folder from the Windows Phone system. And access to the images already protected, the user must use the password that was created when the turn Photo Lock. And how to use Photo Lock to protect the photo is:

• Download and Install Photo Lock app from Windows Phone Store.

• Create user access with account validation email.

• After verification, enable user access by pressing the icon "Lock".

• Then, the user is prompted to create a password and can choose the type of password to be used as "Pattern" and "Classic".

• Select the "Create Password". If you choose classic mode, type the character you want to use as a password. Then retype it to confirm and "Create Password".

• After that, users can use the app Photo Lock. And to undertake protection photo files, users have to import the files stored on smartphones to default memory album folder contained in Photo Lock.

• On the Photo Lock front page, select "Import" icon marked with a downward arrow and strip.

• Next, will appear a list of photo folders contained in the standard smartphones system. Select a folder and specify the file to be protected. Users can also select all files or specific files.

• If the list file is selected, press the "Save". And the photo will be stored in the app Photo Lock.

• The next step, remove the list of photos that have been protected using default gallery Photo Lock from smartphones Windows 8.

• If you want to see the photos that have been protected, you must open the app Photo Lock and enter a password. In Photo Lock app, users can also move photos from one folder to another folder that can be created or deleted files from the list of photos.