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Everybody loves mobile but neglects safety

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By John Ginovsky

 

Everybody loves mobile, right? We use it for everything—social media, find restaurants, checking out applicance pricing, even banking. One wears mobile devices as unconsciously as one wears clothes.

 

Thing is, crooks love mobile even more. 

 

They know the big secret, which is: Most of their potential victims have little clue about how vulnerable their lax security measures make them.

 

A few recent and unrelated surveys each come to a troubling conclusion—consumers’ perception of mobile safety stands at extreme variance to the reality of mobile cyber risk.

 

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