10,000 mobile phones a month left in taxis
A report by Credant Technologies found that Londoners leave around 10,000 mobile phones a month in the back of taxis, and more than 1,000 other handheld devices, including iPods, laptops and memory sticks.
Many of these devices now have the capacity to store as much as 4,000 pictures, 20,000 Word documents, 200,000 emails or an amazing 500,000 contact files, making them an obvious target for identity theft criminals and hackers who can – and do - steal this information and then assume the identity of the user both in their personal and business life.
Sean Glynn, vice president at Credant Technologies, said: “We carry out our taxi survey regularly and it's clear that none of us are infallible, especially at this busy time of year, when it's all too easy to forget things when you're travelling.
