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How safe is your iPhone passcode?

The password on your mobile device isn’t just to keep your curious significant other from snooping. The number can make all the difference when protecting yourself from criminals.

“Just think about the information you have stored on your phone and what would happen if that information came into the wrong hands,” says Patrik Runald, senior manager of security research at Websense. “Your emails, your contacts, your calendar, your notes… You might have Twitter and Facebook set to auto-login and now the thief can post public messages in your name.”

iPhones, smartphones, and any mobile device that allows you to enter a pin for that matter are vulnerable. And as it turns out, many users aren’t careful enough.

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