For Hackers, the Next Lock to Pick

          Before the Internet it was not necessary to protect your computer form viruses and before the invention of the smart phone nobody needed to protect their flip phones from hackers, but times have changed. Many people that own a smartphone have apps that can pay their bills or set the alarm on their house, but what would happen if a hacker got that information? The new money maker in the world of the smartphone is protection. McAfee is taking control and I don't blame them."One in two Americans will have a smart phone by Christmas 2011" *  and this means a larger profit for anti-virus giants like McAfee and if I were them I would defiantly invest in it too. Everywhere you look there are advertisements for a new smartphone and they are becoming a lot more popular. Personally, I do not have a smartphone, but I would like to have one. It has the ability to do amazing things and most people are willing to take the risk of being hacked.  


          Author, Claire Cain Miller, seems to be a very technologically savvy person. She knew all of the correct technical terms and uses them to her advantage. This article is used to warn the smart phone owners of the world and to inform others before they make the choice to buy the newest and most impressive technology. Miller is a data oriented writer, using many numbers to defend her thesis. An example of this is, " It automatically tracks 700,000 mobile apps and updates Lookout whenever it finds a threat" (Page 1). Miller's approach to explaining the growing problem simplifies it for non-tech savvy people which allows a larger audience to understand her work.


*http://gigaom.com/2010/03/26/1-in-2-americans-will-have-a-smartphone-by-christmas-2011/

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/technology/companies-see-opportunity-in-stopping-cellphone-hackers.html?pagewanted=1&_r=3&hp&adxnnlx=1317587410-b7YNzH8Eq oHVffVsqJD3Q