Is your smartphone encrypted?

Graham Cluley
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More and more people working in the wonderful world of IT find their lives revolutionised by mobile technology. Chances are that many people reading the Clu-blog have been given the wonderful gift of 24/7 connectivity with their office overlords, whether it be via an Apple iPhone, Google Android device, Palm Pre or CrackBerry.

But is the data on your smartphone properly secured? I don’t mean, “do you have a gate (whether it be password, PIN or pattern that you have to draw) controlling access to the device?”, but is the possibly sensitive corporate data and emails held on your smartphone encrypted?

Let us know in this quick poll.

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Sorry, no prizes. Mind you, if you have a smartphone what more could you ever need in life, right?


Graham Cluley is an award-winning keynote speaker who has given presentations around the world about cybersecurity, hackers, and online privacy. A veteran of the computer security industry since the early 1990s, he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows, makes regular media appearances, and hosts the popular "Smashing Security" podcast. Follow him on TikTok, LinkedIn, Bluesky and Mastodon, or drop him an email.

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