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Most Canadians don't use passwords on their smartphones
Most Canadians don't use passwords on their smartphones
Someone who picks up your phone can gain access to emails, bank info
Dan Burritt/Shane Bigham Aug 25, 2011 18:57:07 PM
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OTTAWA (NEWS1130) - Most Canadians are not taking even basic steps to protect their personal information contained on their smartphones. That's making Canada's privacy commissioner concerned.
Without password protection, Jennifer Stoddart warns it's easy for anyone who picks up your phone to access social networking accounts, email, banking information, and anything else linked to your device.
The privacy commissioner is recommending that all smartphone users protect their devices with a password. "I think Canadians are just unfamiliar with the technology and I think they underestimate its power, thinking it's just a phone," she explains. "While Canadians are a bit better with protecting their personal information on social networking sites, three-quarters of Canadians don't use passwords on their mobile phones."
The numbers come from a Harris/Decima phone survey, which contacted 2000 Canadians in February and March.
Police want greater access to your online activity
Stoddart says most of us don't want to give police the power to access our email records and other Internet data without a court warrant. This comes as Canada's police chiefs call on Ottawa to give them the power to get occasional access to our text messages and calls.
Micheal Vonn with the BC Civil Liberties Association says police already have enough ability to get our information. "Many people don't realize that they can seek out from telecommunications service providers voluntary disclosures, as well."
Vonn adds police already have plenty of ways to peer at our data. "The police also have the ability to seize anything they want... if they are in hot pursuit, if somebody's safety is in danger, etc. They have a raft of tools already existing." |
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發表於 2011-8-25 21:13
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