Remote launch of Privacy Protection
Privacy Protection is available only with the premium version of Kaspersky Internet Security on devices with an inserted SIM card.
If necessary, you can remotely hide private contacts and related information on your device using a special SMS command or through the My Kaspersky portal.
Remote launching of Privacy Protection function is possible if the following conditions are met:
- The premium version of the app is activated on the device receiving the SMS command.
- The device is receiving cellular network signals (only for receiving the SMS command).
- The device is connected to the Internet (only for receiving a command using the My Kaspersky portal).
- Remote data hiding is allowed on the device.
To hide data (Privacy Protection) on your device remotely, perform one of the following operations on another device:
- Create a command on another device and send it to your device from Kaspersky Internet Security using the SMS command transmission function (if the app is installed on another device).
- On another device, create and send a text message with the special text
hide:<code>
, where <code>
is the secret code to Kaspersky Internet Security on your device.
You will receive a command execution report in a return text message.
Outgoing SMS commands are billed according to the data plan of the network provider for the other mobile device.
To remotely launch Privacy Protection on your device through the My Kaspersky portal:
- Open the portal on any device.
- Sign in to the My Kaspersky portal with your account that you used during initial configuration of the app.
- Go to the Devices section.
- On the panel of the mobile device that you want to manage remotely, click the Lock, locate, or manage device button.
A window for managing the mobile device opens.
- In the Protection of personal data section, tap the Hide data button.