Say what a lock screen protects
Set the phone to lock itself, and know what that guards.
While a phone is locked, everything on it is scrambled. The passcode is the only thing that unscrambles it.
Unlocked, it is all open: your mail, your photographs, every account you stay signed in to.
Key points
- Locked, a phone’s contents are scrambled and unreadable
- Auto-Lock is what makes that happen when you forget
What to remember
- A phone that never locks itself is a phone left open.
- The lock screen protects everything at once.
Try this
Look in your own phone’s settings for Auto-Lock and set it to a minute or two.
Practice: Say what a lock screen protects. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.