Using smartphones comes with potential threats to safety and privacy from hackers, scammers, and identity thieves, but there are simple ways to protect critical data and information.
As smartphones grow into ubiquitous staples of so many Americans’ lives, hackers have a growing toolbox of methods to steal and extract users’ personal data, including sending fraudulent messages with malicious links, creating fake apps with hidden malware, and gaining access to sensitive information over public Wi-Fi networks.
