Putting a password on your phone is important in protecting your personal data, from cyber criminals. Personal data can get into wrong hands, and will be difficult to trace, where it has been used to commit crimes, or where it has been sold in the black market.
A password on your phone is the first line of defense for your confidentiality, and protection against data theft. Some people argue that, one should not put a password in their phone, if they are in a relationship for transparency and trust. But what if one puts a password, and shares with his/her partner?
A Password is very crucial, since it basically protects your phone from intrusion by cyber criminals who can steal your banking information, personal identity, health insurance etc. Smart phones are even more advanced lately, with the introduction of security features such as fingerprints and/or face ID.
If one loses his/her phone, the password is likely to protect that person’s phone against data theft. Information has become very valuable in a knowledge based economy. Therefore, cyber criminals are targeting personal identity information for selling in the black market.
Cyber criminals are making millions of dollars in the black economy, through selling of personal data. Surprisingly, some couples don’t enforce passwords in their phones as a way of proving trust, and transparency . That is a misconstrued risky concept of leaving a door wide open for personal data theft.
Cyber criminals can gain access to one’s phone through Bluetooth, WiFi networks if those phones have no passwords. They can also use brute force attack to crack weak passwords. Cyber criminals make that effort because they know that, once they gain access, they will get valuable information to steal for selling in the black economy.