Privacy And Security Issues: An Assessment of the Awareness Level of Smartphone Users in Nigeria
Omeka Friday Odey,
Joshua Abah,
Dekera Kenneth Kwaghtyo
Abstract:The use of smartphones in Nigeria has continued to increase daily and worsened during and after the Covid-19 pandemic that locked down even the developed nations. Like computers, smartphones keep the memory of users' details like account details and transaction histories including passwords of their social media platforms. The huge volume of data being stored by smartphones brings about an unlimited number of privacy and security challenges. That is, security threats perpetrated by malicious actors or hackers … Show more
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