Many Smartphone Owners Fail to Take Basic Security Measures

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Clik here to view.Mobile phone owners are reluctant to share data over privacy fears, and a majority wouldn’t even lend their phone to a work colleague, according to research from McAfee. But despite these privacy concerns, many smartphone owners are not employing a range of security measures to safeguard themselves against privacy breaches. A new study from Consumer Reports finds that only 22% of smartphone users have installed an application to locate a missing phone, just 15% have installed antivirus apps, and less than 1 in 10 have an app that can delete the contents of their phone remotely. (more…)