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|Scenario Task Description=A smartphone is a small computer in your pocket, and all of the vulnerabilities mentioned throughout other sections of this guide apply. The solutions are more or less the same as those for a computer, only with different software. In most cases your smartphone will be running a version of the [https://www.android.com/ Android] or [http://www.apple.com/ios/ iOS] operating system. The Security in-a-box toolkit has excellent recommendations on secure [https://securityinabox.org/en/guide/mobile-phones mobile] and [https://securityinabox.org/en/guide/smartphones smartphone] usage

One major difference between a computer and a phone is that the latter always gives away its location to the cellular network. You can read more about this in [[Can I be anonymous whilst using my phone]]. Wikipedia has a useful description of various [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_security Mobile security] issues. Smartphones in general require just as much attention security-wise as your computer.

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