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Hacked phones could impact on photographers


The phone-hacking scandal that has engulfed Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, the judiciary and the government in a heated debate around privacy has also highlighted the vulnerability of modern technologies to the ever-increasing presence of cyber-crime.

With news that Scarlett Johansson is the latest celebrity to fall victim to hacking – albeit not by a news organisation – the discussion is now shifting to how best to secure devices against attack.

With smartphones increasingly becoming the norm for consumers, everyone is effectively at risk of being hacked.

As technology devices converge – mobile phones, cameras and computers all rolled into one – keen photographers are at risk of having their private and professional pictures stolen by cyber-criminals.

In the US, the FBI in now investigating how such crimes have been perpetrated on celebrities, the findings of which will inevitably impact on everyone.

Many keen photographers use mobile phones to take pictures as web access allows them to share them easily as well as access online photo websites, where they can create photobooks and pictures.
 

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