Topics related to privacy protection have emerged in an endless stream in recent years. Many users have had their rights violated due to privacy leaks. This is why both individual users and major manufacturers have begun to pay attention to privacy protection.
So today I will talk to you about some privacy protection features on the Reno 8 series mobile phones. I hope you can also take advantage of these features to protect your privacy.
Starting from ColorOS012, OPPO began to strengthen the privacy protection function on mobile phones, and now with ColorOS 12.1 on the Reno 8 series, the privacy protection on mobile phones has been strengthened.
Privacy protection on mobile phones is mainly divided into the following aspects. One is to control the permissions of the mobile phone to prevent software from abusing permissions to obtain data. The other is to protect the privacy on the mobile phone from being actively leaked. The other is to warn users when using critical software. permissions.
First, let’s take a look at how ColorOS controls software permissions. Find permission privacy protection in the settings, click to enter, and what you will see is the application behavior record. The
application behavior record uses a histogram to record the frequency of all software obtaining permissions. Here, the core permissions called by all applications are clear at a glance.
Then we click on "All Behavior Records" and you can view all behavior records of all software within 30 days. Not only can you see it, but if you feel abnormal one day in these behavior records, you can click and turn off permissions at any time.
For some core permissions: camera and microphone, ColorOS can even be turned off together. After turning off, all software cannot call these two permissions.
It is recommended that you enable this function with caution.
Let’s take a look at the permission management of ColorOS. In this interface, we can see what permissions all software has obtained. Click to enter the details and control each permission individually.
For example, to obtain address book, floating window, camera, microphone, etc., there is also a particularly useful function.
At the lowest end of the details, you can turn on "Remove relevant permissions if this application is not used". After turning it on, when an application has not been used for several months, the system will automatically remove all its permissions.
In addition to "Application Behavior Record" and "Permission Management", when we use the application for the first time, a pop-up window will remind the user whether to allow the user to obtain permissions, and two permission forms are also provided, one is permission during use, and the other is Only allowed this time.
For some frequently used applications, we can choose to allow them during use, while some infrequently used applications can only be given one-time permission. This kind of humanized prompt is very suitable for ordinary users.
Next, let’s talk about how ColorOS protects privacy from being leaked by us. This is mainly for photo sharing. The photos we take not only record the image content, but also record some shooting information.
This information includes the shooting location, shooting model and shooting parameters, so when we share the photos, this information is also shared. Fortunately, the model parameters and location are private information.
So in response to this problem, ColorOS 12.1 has launched a photo privacy protection function. In the photo sharing interface, we can click on the word "Privacy Protection" at the top, and then check "Erase Location Information" and "Erase Shooting Data" , the photos shared in this way only save some basic information.
If you don’t want to manually check it every time, you can also go to the album settings-privacy protection and check the two erasure options, so that every time you share a picture, the private information will be erased by default.
I also tested it and found that even if photos are sent directly through a third-party application, ColorOS will erase key private information, so everyone must turn on this function!
Finally, let’s talk about the permission warning on ColorOS. I wonder if you have noticed that when we make a call or take a video, there is always a small green dot in the upper right corner of the status bar. The little green dot
is ColorOS telling you that an application is currently calling the key permissions of the system. The key permissions mainly refer to microphone permissions and camera permissions.
When we pull down the status bar, we can see the complete warning icon. By clicking on this warning icon, we can see which application is currently calling these permissions.
If we find that an application we are not currently using is calling these permissions, we can click on the words "xx is in use". After clicking
, we enter the permission management of the application, and then we can turn off the camera or microphone permissions of the application.
Finally, let me share a little trick with you.
We can use the Quick View Card function of ColorOS to add application behavior records to the negative screen or desktop, so that we can view the behavior of the application at any time, and we can also click to control the permissions of the application at any time.
The above is the entire content of this article. I hope this article can help you learn more about the privacy protection functions on the Reno 8 series. I also hope that through these functions, you can also protect your privacy.
