Protect Your Data from Malicious Apps With Smart Protection

Situation: You worry about data leakage when using malicious apps. 
Applicable to: ColorOS 5.0 device and above. Check your ColorOS version in [Settings] > [About Phone].

We know how much you want to protect your personal information, so we make sure that it is safe. Some malicious apps will try to read your personal information and your device can provide empty or blank details and replace the actual one to avoid any leakage and data transfer.

Enable Personal Information Protection.

Go to [Settings] > [Security] / [Privacy]> [Personal Information Protection]  > toggle [Smart Protection Turn-on] / [Smart Protection] to enable.

*Some setting path may show either of the two.

Note: When it is enabled, the system will automatically determine whether or not to protect an app thus causing some apps to not work properly. 

These are the data that are protected:

• Protect Call History. The system will provide an empty call history instead of real call history when enabled.

• Protect Contacts. The system will provide empty contacts instead of real contacts when enabled. 

• Protect Messages. The system will provide empty messages instead of real messages when enabled. 

• Protect Events. The system will provide empty events instead of real events enabled. 

* Tap Enable all when you want all apps to show empty information. 

* Pictures, settings, and paths might differ from those of your phone, but these won't affect the description in this article.