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With the increase in mobile devices along with the amount of sensitive personal and business data stored on them it's crucial that you encrypt your storage.

When using encryption, stored data is scrambled and unreadable to others unless the pass-code or decryption key is entered then the data is readable.

Many of us have multiple portable devices such as mobile phones, tablets, laptops and USB flash drives, all of which are susceptible to being misplaced, lost or stolen. Once your private data which could include contact details, bank details, your address, credit and debit card details, multiple types of messages and media gets into the wrong hands you will face many risks.

Many people assume having a private conversation discussing confidential business or personal information using a messaging service is private but more often than not this is not the case.

Unless you're using an encrypted messaging app with end-to-end encryption enabled nobody else can see your conversations unless they have a private key to decrypt your message. This includes your message service provider, hackers, corporations using your message content to serve you ads and government surveillance agencies.

You can enhance your security further by connecting using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to prevent your location and other identity related data from being leaked and logged.

Usernames and passwords combinations have been in use for decades, previous and ongoing security breaches at major businesses result in millions of username/password combinations being stolen on a regular basis. To make matters worse many people still use the same password to access multiple accounts so once stolen multiple accounts are compromised.

Biometric authentication is less vulnerable because a user's biometric data is unique making it very difficult for an attacker to fraudulently replicate an individual's eye, voice, fingerprint or facial recognition scan.

With modern mobile devices biometric authentication only takes a moment and apart from being more secure than passwords it's usually far more more convenient.