The mobile screen is a magnet for prying eyes, especially in public spaces: it is difficult to prevent your gaze from landing on the person sending a WhatsApp in the next seat on the metro. And I have a way to avoid this spying: configure the screen density and text size to have the greatest amount of information at a glance; which makes it difficult for anyone to read what I write.
Every time I receive a new smartphone to analyze, which usually happens several times a month, I perform the same restoration and configuration process in order to balance all the analyzes as much as possible. I use the same applications, I maintain the order of the desktop and its icons
I prevent people from reading my screen by reducing printed information
I’m quite a stickler for my phones when it comes to setting them up for the first time: on average I spend over an hour setting them up, whether it’s a personal or scan mobile . And this particularly applies to the size of elements printed on the screen: I like my Android to have as much space as possible. Sometimes I even increase the pixel density from the developer settings, especially on high screen diagonals which maintain a tight resolution.
Fortunately, I don’t suffer from vision problems, so I can see letters, icons and other elements perfectly even with the smartphone one meter from my eyes. And because of this very personal way of using it, it’s very difficult for someone to understand what’s on the phone by looking over my shoulder. Even if you are sitting next to it.
It’s not that I’m excessively fanatical about privacy, but it’s true that I don’t like anyone reading the messages I write, those I receive, my Gmail inbox or the articles I I usually check it on my mobile whenever I have free time. And I can’t stand anti-peeping screen protectors: since you have to keep them as perpendicular to the view as possible, in the end They end up being an obstacle for the owner of the mobile phone.
I don’t reduce the font and display just for privacy reasons, but it’s an added benefit that I find very positive
Desktops look less cluttered, there is more room for shortcuts in folders (I usually expand the apps grid to the maximum, both in the folders themselves and in the apps and desktop drawer), I can read more text without having to scroll, I have more space to write and, in doing so, I make it difficult for people to chat on my screen. Seems like a perfect combo to me.
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