Can stranger access our gallery and download our videos/photos?

[Android Central Question]

Hey guys. I'm really curiosu and paranoid. As the title says, can strangers acccess our gallery or can our phone/gallery be hacked? I know i'm paranoid i just want to be safe. I have privacy stuffs on my phone and i just don't want my privacy such as passwords and etc to be reveal or what so ever. Is my gallery accessible to anyone? I do not sync any thing to my gallery. Just afraid strangers might secretly go and access my phone and retrieve my private stuffs LOL

 

[ManiacJoe]

Files on your phone (internal storage and SD card) are accessable to only users holding the phone, or services that sync files to the cloud, or malware that uploads your files to elsewhere. If you encrypt the phone, only people who know your passcode will be able to see its contents.

You pick which sync services you are using and usually which files are synced.

For files you sync to the internet, you pick which ones can be seen by others and which people can see them.

Note: "gallery" is not a location, it is a picture viewing app. The location of the image files does not matter.

 

[MrGonz]

@ManiacJoe I'm using an Android S7. Everytime i power up my phone, it asks for my password. Is it encrypted or do i have to download third party to encrypt?

 

[Kromaco]

Be sure, that everything can be hacked. But it is very unlikely that you be a target of hackers, if you are a normal Person

 

[ManiacJoe]

If the password prompt is happening very early in the boot cycle, the phone is probably encrypted.

 

[RumoredNow]

@ManiacJoe I'm using an Android S7. Everytime i power up my phone, it asks for my password. Is it encrypted or do i have to download third party to encrypt?

Settings > Security should show your encryption status and also allow you to encrypt if you are not already.