A new study has suggested that lossing one's smartphone causes anxiety disorder in individuals as it represented potential privacy and security risk.
The researchers pointed out that the same anxiety applied equally to lost or stolen laptops, tablets, computers and other ecectronic decvices.
Researchers explained that the convenince of mobility, wireless comunication and the information processing power of smart-phones and other portable digital devices had led to more and more people carrying with them valuable data assets whereever they went.
The researchers found that a few active and security conscious users were aware of "time bomb" dat deletion setting or remote device locks or were simply in denial of the risk of their nlossing their phone.
Researchers explained that the convenince of mobility, wireless comunication and the information processing power of smart-phones and other portable digital devices had led to more and more people carrying with them valuable data assets whereever they went.
The researchers found that a few active and security conscious users were aware of "time bomb" dat deletion setting or remote device locks or were simply in denial of the risk of their nlossing their phone.
