Investigating The Degree Of Privacy Awareness When Using Smartphones And Tablets Among Students A Study At Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka

Ab Aziz, Mohamad Afzan (2014) Investigating The Degree Of Privacy Awareness When Using Smartphones And Tablets Among Students A Study At Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

The uses of smartphones and tablets now becoming a new trend among youngsters especially students due to the initiative that was launched by Malaysian Government which has launched a RM 200 smartphone rebate programs. The launching of this program was founded to have boosted the number of new smartphones and tablet users just in a short term period. However, not many of the new smartphone and tablet users that aware of the threat that was coming together with the adoption of those devices into their daily life. Most of this new users especially students did not know the fact that their devices is not as safe as what they thought. They fully utilize the smartphone and tablets by storing their confidential information onto it, using the devices to send private information, use it to connect to the network and any other uses where all of these activities making them easily exposed to the smartphones and tablets attacks. Hence, the purpose of this research is to investigate current degree of privacy awareness among students so that early action can be taken to prevent them from being a new victim to those virtual attacks.

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