Securing your phone against hacking?

[Santilli]

Hi
I'm wondering how to secure a phone against getting hacked/
I'm using Eset on my phone, but that's about all the security software I have.
Using Android. Samsung Ultra S20

 

[Mercutio]

Samsung devices come with Knox as a security platform, but overwhelmingly the issues you'll have on any mobile platform will come from either an app abusing permissions you gave it willingly or from a service provider being hacked, rather than something that happens to your individual device.

 

[Santilli]

Thanks Mercutio.
Appreciate it.

 

[Mercutio]

Just to reinforce this point: Unless your personal habits are exceptionally poor, third party security software on Android is wasting electricity. I've found a virus on an Android tablet only one time and the person who had it was installing hacked .APK files so they could get free in-game currency for the mobile games they liked.

I suspect Tiktok and Facebook are bigger security threats that anything that would set off a malware scanner anyway.