50% of second-hand mobile phones contain personal data

50% of second-hand mobile phones contain personal data

October 14, 2010, 7:50 am
Filed under: #mktgcloud, Datarati, Mobile | Tags: Mobile

Consumers are unwittingly passing much of their most private personal data to strangers when they discard mobile phones, with intimate photos and credit card numbers and pins frequently left on handsets, according to new research.

An analysis of 50 handsets bought from second-hand resellers on eBay found that more than half contained personal messages or photos, according to exclusive research from the mobile and forensics experts Disklabs.

More than 60 per cent still contained phone numbers left on a call log. A number were sold with pornographic material still on the phone.

Full Story: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/half-of-secondhand-mobile-phones-contain-personal-data-20101013-16ilo.html

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