Over at ComputerWorld, Jon Espenschied wrote an intriguing piece about smartphone security. The article is inspired with Jon seeing Sen. Barack Obama using his BlackBerry, and tries to explain the real threats facing the smartphone users.
At the beginning author introduces smartphones, explaining there is a mobile OS that powers-up these devices, which could be mis-used by software developers. Next, Jon explains the stability issues, threat of the mobile malware, network security and then he demystifies message encryption. Smartphone spying and abuse is also among the subjects author covers.
The article is concluded with the example from author’s life – how will he pick-up the smartphone for himself.
Overall, it’s a nice read. I would only add that you shouldn’t be afraid to jump to the smartphone wagon. It’s going in the right direction and the benefits of using such device are much greater than potential security issues.