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March 15, 2017 10:36 pm GMT

Put a lock screen on your phone, sheeple!

With sensational news stories like the CIA leak and personal data seizures at international borders, everyone should have plenty of reason to be smart about their phone security, right? 

Eh, maybe not.

A report resurfaced by the Pew Research Center Wednesday shows many Americans don't even take the most basic steps to secure their smartphones — like, enabling the lock screen. This is necessary stuff, sheeple! 

SEE ALSO: Keep your texts private in Trump's America (and everywhere else, too)

The survey, which was conducted last spring, found that 28 percent (!) of respondents didn't even use a lock screen on their smartphone.  Read more...

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