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"A survey conducted by Symantec, a security product and solutions provider, stated that 53 per cent of adults in India have been victims of mobile phone loss or theft. Despite this alarmingly high number, only two in five Indians have a password protecting their devices.\r\n\r\nNorton said in a release that there is an imminent need for better mobile protection in the country. Indians have their phones lost or stolen 1.5 times every five years on average, so it is important to protect these devices, especially the data that's contained within.\r\n\r\nHere are other interesting facts from the survey:\r\n\r\n\t77 percent of victims considered the loss of contact information the worst part of the experience and also a huge inconvenience.\r\n\t\u2018Anger\u2019 was the single most dominant feeling expressed by victims of mobile theft.\r\n\tOne in two was concerned about the exposure or loss of private information.\r\n\t74 percent could neither remotely lock nor wipe the phone\u2019s memory after it was lost or stolen.\r\n\t82 percent finds the process of resolving the situation difficult;\u00A090 percent finds the experience stressful.\r\n\tMore than half of the victims said that they were willing to pay a ransom (an average of Rs. 3,692) to resolve the situation, but in reality they pay up to three times the price.\r\n\t3 in 10 Indians said that the situation was never resolved.\r\n\r\nBusiness news site\u00A0Rediff adds that Indians have some of the highest confidence levels in the region with regard to the use of software services on their mobile phones.\u00A0Six out of 10 Indians are comfortable with software on their phones that identify their location and online banking.\r\n\r\n\u201CThe survey results are clear: mobile phone loss and theft is a significant issue for Indians today,\u201D says Gaurav Kanwal, Symantec's national sales manager for India. \u201CAs smartphones become more pervasive in our lives, there is a greater need to protect the data on such devices.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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