[LINK] News: 'New mobile phones will double as credit cards'

[David Boxall]

Roger Clarke wrote:
> New mobile phones will double as credit cards
> By Holly Ife
> News.com
> April 27, 2007 01:00am
> http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21629005-2,00.html
>
> MOBILE phones will be used as credit cards in Australia within two years.
> Nokia, Samsung and LG Electronics have signed a deal with MasterCard 
> to turn mobiles into "phone wallets".
>
...
Which makes them even more attractive targets.
<http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=50709&r=rss>
"The study found that only 66 per cent of people used a Pin to protect 
their device, although 45 per cent of those did not bother to change the 
default number."

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