Dumb phone to smart phone
“If you put a key under the mat for the cops, a burglar can find it, too. Criminals are using every technology tool at their disposal to hack into people’s accounts. If they know there’s a key hidden somewhere, they won’t stop until they find it.”
Tim Cook, Apple CEO, June 2015.
The noughties saw significant changes in technology. One of the biggest changes came with the launch of Nokia’s 3310 mobile phone on 1 September 2000. The phone and those that followed were, at that time, a pinnacle in technological evolution. The 3310 was praised for its durability, SMS abilities and added extras such as a calculator, stopwatch and the hugely popular Snake II game.
Since then, mobile technology has advanced. Today’s phones are the epitome of modern convenience. Users can now do and access almost anything at the touch of a button.
Although this new age of smartphones has brought countless benefits, it has also introduced new challenges: having your phone with you 24/7 can pose a risk to your privacy. It's easy to become so trusting of our phones that we share our location or install apps almost automatically. We don’t always take the time to think about whether we trust that the apps are using our information how we want.