Reporting Elections, Safety and Security of Journalists application on your phone, as well as on the device of the person with whom you plan to communicate. Then you would use this application to send and receive encrypted calls and/or messages. Encryption software is currently only supported on a few models of so-called ‘smart’ phones. Conversations between Skype and mobile phones are not encrypted either, since at some point, the signal will move to the mobile network, where encryption is NOT in place. 1.SECURITY-RELATED SETTINGS FOR ANDROID 1.1 ACCESS TO YOUR PHONE Enable Lock SIM card, found under Settings -> Personal -> Security -> Set up SIM card lock. This will mean that you must enter a PIN number in order to unlock your SIM card each time your phone is switched on, without the PIN, no phone calls can be made. Set up a Screen Lock, found under Settings -> Personal -> Security -> Screen Lock, which will ensure that a code, pattern or password needs to be entered in order to unlock the screen once it has been locked. We recommended using the PIN or Password option, as these are not restricted by length. You can find more information on creating strong passwords in How to create and maintain secure passwords. 39