Based on this article, it seems that the mobile community is much more vulnerable to phishing scams than people who are using a desktop/laptop. However, one of the reasons why this is true is because e-mail messages are read almost as soon as they are received on mobile devices. There are also some other statistics mentioned in the article, such as iphones being more likely to access phishing sites than blackberries and so on. All it is simply saying is that people seem to be letting their guard down more while on their mobile phones than their desktops/laptops.
I never thought of it like that. I know I have been receiving a lot of the emails recently and have been pretty vigilant this past week but turns out I need to continue to do so.
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