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'Lost' smartphone survey has warning for owners of mobile devices
03/13/2012
If you lose your smartphone, the odds are that whoever finds it will "rummage through the phone looking for photos, emails and even private banking information," says a disturbing new Symantec survey reported March 8 on The Today Show and MSNBC.
Problems like the ones described in this survey are exactly why Information and Educational Technology recently began a campaign urging people to put a PIN on their smartphones.
Read link 1 "The 'Lost' Cell Phone Project, and the Dark Things It Says About Us," then go to the UC Davis "Be Smart About Your Smartphone" site to take a few simple steps that can make the information in your phone, tablet, or other mobile device much more secure.
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