OTTAWA - Text messaging may help quiet the hum of public cellphone conversations — but it may be just as vulnerable to eavesdropping.Canada's privacy commissioner says Canadians aren't doing enough to protect their mobile communication devices, such as cellphones and tablet computers.
A survey by the commissioner's office suggests only four in 10 people password-protect their phones or adjust privacy settings on personal-information sharing via downloaded applications.
People who actually store personal information on their devices were more likely to use privacy measures.
"We encourage people to use passwords, encryption, privacy settings and every other available measure to safeguard their personal information, because the meaningful protection of privacy has to start with the individual," Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart said.
