Dangerous Smartphone Mistakes

There are two types of dangerous smartphone behavior that stand out, carrying an iPhone into a hot tub with a beer in your hand is one type, while the other is leaving a smartphone and the data on it unprotected from loss or theft.

Despite advances in software and hardware many iPhone and Android owners don’t take the simplest steps to protect the data on their smartphone from theft.

Read on to find out if you are guilty of these 10 dangerous smartphone mistakes and how you can fix them.

Protect Your Bubble is one of the top smartphone insurance options we found last year and they’ve rounded up data on dangerous smartphone behavior. The list below and the infographic shows the Top 10 dangerous smartphone mistakes users make.

1. No password
2. Saving banking login information
3. Taking, sending and saving nude photos
4. Clicking on risky links
5. Posting photos while on vacation
6. Posting photos with location settings turned on.
7. Giving out personal information to random callers
8. Using it without a case
9. Connecting to unsecure WiFi networks
10. No smartphone insurance or warranty

It’s not surprising that a smartphone insurance company lists this as one of the options, but these are all valid items that users should be aware of and take steps to be safe. Check out the infographic to see more about the behaviors and read on to learn how to use your smartphone safer.