Smartphone As Your Most Dangerous Possession

Hugh Pickens writes "CNN reports that now that smartphones double as wallets and bank accounts — allowing users to manage their finances, transfer money, make payments, deposit checks and swipe their phones as credit cards — smartphones have become very lucrative scores for thieves and with 30% of phone subscribers owning iPhones, BlackBerrys and Droids, there are a lot of people at risk. Storing a password and keeping your phone locked is a good start, but it's not going to protect you from professional fraudsters. 'Don't think that having an initial password set on your phone can stop people from getting in there,' says Nikki Junker, a victim advisor at the Identity Theft Resource Center. 'It's a very low level of protection — you can even find 30-second videos on how to crack smartphone passwords on YouTube.'"

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[Amorymeltzer]

I believe you mean "risky" not "dangerous." The most dangerous item I own is probably a knife.

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[Anonymous Coward]

I don't own a car, but I do own a lightsaber. Not as clumsy or random as a car; an elegant weapon for a more civilized age.

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[TheRaven64]

Sorry, I thought it was people, not guns, that were dangerous

True, but since the 13th amendment passed you're not allowed to own any people, only guns.