YouGove survey shows public wifi-using mobile shoppers at security risk

Mobile Commerce

Mobile commerce is continuing its rapid growth rate, and a notable part of that increase is due to access to public wifi. However, the results of a recent study from YouGov and UK2 has shown that more than half of the users of public wifi in the United Kingdom are placing their personal information at risk by using their mobile devices over these unsecured networks. The survey showed that 56 percent of adults in the United Kingdom who have ever used public wifi rarely check on whether or not that…

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