Over 50% of South Africans store personal data on their smartphones in visual formats, including IDs and passports, raising security concerns

[mylesillidge]

52% of South Africans risk having their IDs or passports stolen from their smartphones

Over 50% of South Africans store important personal data on their smartphones in visual formats, including their IDs and passports, raising security concerns.

A new multi-country survey from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky found that 48% of respondents in South Africa consider their smartphones their primary devices for accessing the Internet.

 

[quovadis]

Guaranteed that it's probably higher if you checked anyone's sent items.

 

[konfab]

The SA government is 100% responsible for this because of FICA and RICA and their f__king certified copies of ID.

 

[Tech Guy SA]

cant see a need to store this on your phone.
i wouldnt trust an "app" for this eitherway.

 

[Ninja'd]

God, they better not check my Notes app then. Still have passwords from my old job there.

 

[Tech Guy SA]

God, they better not check my Notes app then. Still have passwords from my old job there.

ahem...

its only bad if someone ..steals your phone bypasses your lock

or if someones hacks your account and it was syncing to the cloud.

then again our parents used to have a book where they wrote everything in a little black book. old people still do this maybe we should all go back to that lol.

 

[GrootVoet]

Guilty as charged

 

[Lupus]

I tried braile, that didnt work, auditory was silly.

 

[icantchooseone]

ahem...

its only bad if someone ..steals your phone bypasses your lock

or if someones hacks your account and it was syncing to the cloud.

then again our parents used to have a book where they wrote everything in a little black book. old people still do this maybe we should all go back to that lol.

or if you get hijacked and they force you to open that app

i do not have a bank app on my cell

 

[Smiggles]

How else would you store it? Anally?

 

[Jean Claude Vaaldamme]

Reminds me of my mother in the old days. She always had her bank card's pin nr written in pen underneath the flap that closes where you put small change in her wallet

 

[Ninja'd]

How else would you store it? Anally?

 

[icantchooseone]

Reminds me of my mother in the old days. She always had her bank card's pin nr written in pen underneath the flap that closes where you put small change in her wallet

i have a few different cards so i write the pin on each card but in code

example - if my pin is 1234 - i write 4961

 

[Tech Guy SA]

or if you get hijacked and they force you to open that app

i do not have a bank app on my cell

overkill

they would love the 20" going over them then.

 

[bwana]

Not sure why this keeps popping up on my Amazon suggestions...

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www.amazon.co.za

 

[SauRoNZA]

Define “on my phone”.

It’s in the cloud where any of my devices can access it.

 

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

My device, my problem.... Kaspersky, please go help Rectron get back on their feet and leave us alone

 

[Tech Guy SA]

My device, my problem.... Kaspersky, please go help Rectron get back on their feet and leave us alone

ewwww and you touch your keyboard with that fingure.

 

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

ewwww and you touch your keyboard with that fingure.

I touch a lot more than my keyboard my man, you will be amazed where this fingure has been.
@ShaunSA how do I explain to this young one how it works?

 

[Tech Guy SA]

I touch a lot more than my keyboard my man, you will be amazed where this fingure has been.
@ShaunSA how do I explain to this young one how it works?

dude ...im old enough to remember Dos and playing alleycat