A British study has found that majority of old cell phones still contain user's personal information. In fact it wasn't just old cell phones, it was old credit or debit cards and facebook or twitter accounts. If this information got in the wrong hands, there would be many problems. When a person gets rid of their cellphone they'll usually delete everything valuable and think that's enough. It's actually much more complicated than that. SIM cards should be completely destroyed so there's no trace of their information left on it. This study will be useful to almost all people, being that many people own a cell phone. We need to remember to be careful.
This article really opened my eyes to properly destroying old cell phones. It's good to recycle them and we should do so, but at our own risk. Cell phone companies should also be available to help delete information, being that they're the professionals and understand how to do that better. I know that in my future, I'll make sure to dispose of my technology properly so I don't face these issues. Identity theft and just theft in general is a scary thing; it's nothing I want to be involved with.
http://http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42219052/ns/technology_and_science-security/
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