Two-thirds of cell phones/PDAs/smartphones are not protected
A survey conducted recently says that almost one third of all mobile devices users do not secure sensitive info such as passwords. According to a recent survey, one every in three mobile computers and smartphones is not protected with a password or security lock, even though they contain PIN codes.
"Three out of 10 of these sloppy handheld happy users store their PIN numbers, passwords and other corporate information on them," according to the annual Mobile Usage Survey from security software firm Pointsec.
Smartphones are handsets mainly used by business users offering limited PC-type functionality, including e-mail.
According to the global survey, corporate personnel now store huge amounts of business data on their mobile devices, including customer contacts, email details, passwords and bank account specifics as well as personal and private information.
More people than ever have admitted to have lost their mobile devices. This year, 22 percent of interviewees said they had lost their device against 16 percent in 2004. Of those who lost their smartphone or handheld computer, 81 percent had not encrypted the information on it.
Traveling with a mobile device has been the most common way to lose the device, with the majority of them not being stolen, but are rather forgotten at different places. Only 40 percent of losses had been reported to the police.
