According to survey of 300 senior IT staff, smart phones pose more of a threat to business security than laptops, largely due to user mentality; for one reason or another, many smart phones just don’t seem to be getting the protection their lap dwelling counterparts might.
While 4 out of 10 (that’s it?) IT guys were encrypting the crucial stuff on company laptops, 9 out of 10 smart phones had access to the company network without any security past what is inherently part of the protocol, and 81% of those purportedly had no access restrictions at all. Sure, there’s no such thing as the perfect lock - but even a basic password might keep Joe Commonthief from digging around before getting frustrated and trashing the device.
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I think the best security application for a smartphone is an application that will erase and format the whole memory when wrong passwords are entered repeatedly.
I found this on Blackberry, and IMHO, should be copied by everyone else.
don’t let your kid touch the phone anymore then though, hehe
I can so see that happening.
Yep, whenever some stupid young whiteys camping out together in Arrington’s house need to depict a criminal, be sure to take a picture of a whitey dressed in black and put a dark face on him. Everyone knows that negros are criminals, or at least look like criminals.
Glad I read Techcrunch, so I know who will be stealing my smartphone.
Thanks for teaching me that dark-skinned people represent crime!
I would not think to put software on my phone, but my notebook, that must be protected. Technology just moves too fast.
@3 WTF?
a) That guy looks whiter than me.
b) You’re an ass.