Mobile security reality check: What you really need for protecting your phone

Posted: May 16, 2013

Almost everyone in today's day and age has a smart phone. It can make life so much easier for a variety of reasons. The world is at your fingertips. Unfortunately, your world of personal information is also at risk to hackers if your phone security isn't up to par.

Almost everyone in today's day and age has a smart phone. It can make life so much easier for a variety of reasons. The world is at your fingertips. Unfortunately, your world of personal information is also at risk to hackers if your phone security isn't up to par.

To hear the headlines scream it, mobile security is already a lost cause. Android is the king of mobile malware! Umpteen gazillion rogue apps found! THE HACKERS ARE SNOOPING YOUR SNAPCHATS AND SEXTING YOUR GRANDMA!

It's enough to make you want to wrap your phone in tinfoil and cower in a corner somewhere—but don't believe the hype.

The sky isn't falling, and your phone isn't sending illicit photos to your grandmother. While you may want to slap a security app on your phone, it probably isn't for the reason you think. And those rogue apps? If you aren't an idiot, the odds of your installing a malicious mobile app are almost infinitesimally small.

Welcome to your mobile security reality check.

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