Identity Theft Alert

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ID menace moves to mobiles

South African mobile users could be at risk of identity theft due to the details they store on their phones.

Lezette Engelbrecht
30 March 2009 15:40

As cellphones are increasingly used to store, transmit and access sensitive information, South African users are facing a greater threat of ID fraud, a trend already observed in other countries.

A recent UK report revealed four million Britons were leaving themselves vulnerable to identity theft in the event of their phones being stolen.

In a small poll of mobile users at the ITWeb offices, all respondents stored contact numbers, mostly a mix of business and personal, on their phones, and the majority also kept SMSes and photos.

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