Mobile phone privacy
japan.internet.com, in conjuction with Cross Marketing, recently investigated mobile phone privacy. They sampled 150 men and 150 women, 16.6% aged 18 or 19, 16.6% in their twenties, and so on up to 16.6% in their sixties.
Note that over three times as many people take their mobiles into public toilets than into their toilet at home. I wonder what is hidden behind that statistic! Im also rather surprised to see that less than a third of all user employ any security locks on their phone; note almost all phones have lock features what require a four digit code to open them. Some of the more advanced phones go as far as having a fingerprint reader that may be used to unlock the device.
Q1: To where do take and use your mobile phone with you? (Sample size=300, multiple answer)
Votes Percentage When going out 295 98.3% When going to school or workplace 184 61.3% When going to a toilet outside the home 160 53.3% When going to bed 149 49.7% When going to toilet at home 51 17.0% In the bath at home 7 2.3% Not in the habit of carrying my mobile around 1 0.3% Q2: Which features on your mobile phone do you lock. (Sample size=300, multiple answer)
Votes Percentage 50 16.7% All functions (lock all or auto-lock) 36 12.0% Address book 31 10.3% Internet access 26 8.7% Dialing 22 7.3% Power on 22 7.3% Caller display 21 7.0% Applications 11 3.7% FeLiCa (Osaifu keitai, electronic wallet) 9 3.0% Other 2 0.7% Don’t use the lock features 202 67.3% Q3: Has anyone ever used your mobile phone without your permission to look at stored mail, address book, call history, etc? (Sample size=300)
Yes 18.3% No 81.7%
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panasianbiz said,
May 1, 2006 @ 22:02
Hi, these are some interesting stats here. Thanks for posting them! My guess is that people carry their phones into public toilets because they’ve got no place else to leave them — kinda like when you’re shopping by yourself and have to bring all of your bags into the restroom with you. At any rate, I’m also surprised that people don’t take advantage of the security features. I can’t say that I do either, though!
Ken Y-N said,
May 1, 2006 @ 23:10
Thanks for visiting - I did think that question about taking it to the toilet was a bit strange; I think there was the definite implication of regularly using or checking it there rather than it just sitting in your pocket or handbag.