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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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