Phones Like Computers

Hi, I'm Bill Sikkens,

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host of User Friendly

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here on The Answer on Saturdays

with this week's Tech Wednesday.

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Like our computers, our phones are

pretty much just the same thing.

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A computer, and they are subject

to getting malware and viruses

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and all of the different things

that you can have on your PC.

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While generally more secure,

it is a good idea to monitor these things

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and see if something is going on

to make sure that your private data

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is not being shared

with someone that you don't know about.

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Our phones have our banking

data, contact lists and everything else,

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and this is a really, really consolidated

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area of information

that the bad guys do try to target.

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We've seen a few attacks

coming out over the past six months or so,

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and it does seem like there's more

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of this going on that's specialized

for these type of environments.

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Best thing you can do is,

like with your computer,

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make sure your phone's up to date.

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Both Android and Apple have a way to go

into the settings and check this out.

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The updates do come in automatically,

but you can delay them

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so it is best

to just make sure they are installed.

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