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Smartphones Pose Growing Security Risks

While smartphones and other mobile devices are increasingly used like personal computers and require the same security now standard in PCssuch as antivirus software and encryptionmost mobile devices have the same lack of security as a 1998 PC.

By Matt Norris, Jim Whetstone | Updated on October 24, 2011

While smartphones and other mobile devices are increasingly used like personal computers and require the same security now standard in PCs—such as antivirus software and encryption—most mobile devices have the same lack of security as a 1998 PC.

But because mobile technology has revolutionized the way we live, work and communicate, it’s easy to focus on the convenience and versatility of mobile devices, without giving much thought to security.

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