Is Your Phone Being Tracked? How To Tackle Mobile Device Privacy And Security Risks
ESET, Tuesday, June 10th, 2025
For most of us, the primary gateway to our digital world is our smartphone. That makes it an attractive target for cybercriminals, government snoopers, advertisers and even jealous partners. This represents a potentially serious security and privacy risk.
We carry our smartphone around at all times, so if someone knows where it is, they know where we are. That's not to mention all the personal and financial data we store and access on these devices; including log-ins to all of our online accounts. No one wants these to fall into the wrong hands.
There's also a privacy risk from the large volumes of location and web browsing data that advertisers, social media companies and others collect via our devices. As the US government warned in 2022: 'Businesses collect, use, and sell consumer data. But consumers may be unaware of how it's being collected and used and generally aren't able to stop its collection or verify its accuracy.'