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Mobile Malware Driven by Porn

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Sean Michael Kerner
Feb 12, 2013

That increasing content consumption is also not all about improved productivity, as bad habits from the desktop world are carrying over to mobile. Among those bad habits is the propensity for users to visit pornographic websites. Aside from any moral or ethical issues, it turns out that pornographic websites aren’t particularly good for mobile device security, according to a new study from network security vendor Blue Coat Systems.

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Sean Michael Kerner

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