8 frightening facts about smartphones

The more complex every system, the more it has unsafe and unstable elements. Most ordinary users do not fully understand not all the principles of mobile devices, which means - is not aware of the danger posed by them.

And even if such risks are always talking in the media, each of us think: "I am sure it is not something related to me!". The reality is not so plain. In this article we review the main dangers of today's mobile gadgets and try to find ways to avoid them.

Smartphones are watching us

Modern smart phone will not be called personal - that word has gone together with the appearance of public and fast mobile Internet. Snowden told the world about the surveillance of smartphones using the "Smurfs" - malicious software that allows to remotely control the smartphone and transfer any data. Even if you - a law-abiding citizen, no one can guarantee that right now any secret service do not transmitted information about your location, along with a photo on the front-facing camera.

Smartphones help to offenders

We often do not realize or do not want to think about that corporations collect information about us. But people harm themselves by allowing the programs to load the Internet too much personal information. Photos on social networks with geotags and views, which you can easily find a place tracks jogging and walking on the street - perfect aiming for burglars and other intruders. The situation is worse if you demonstrate money, jewelery or any expensive thing to the camera.

Smartphones radiate us

It is foolish to deny that any radio emits radio waves. Even in flight mode radiation still present. The radiation power has a quadratic dependence on the distance from the base station (the farther you are from the tower, the more power will radiate transceiver). Of course, at this rate it affects not only the distance to the base station, but also a variety of obstacles - such as wall space within which we are most of the day. At the same time it is almost impossible to take into account such things as the reflected signal from the walls - it can be any at all.

Smartphones are addictive

Smartphones allow us to be online whenever a network is on. Now think about it: the last time you were without communication? Two years ago scholars proved that people using social networks regularly are unable to analysis large-scale data.

Smartphones can explode

Everyone has heard scandals related to recent bombings batteries flagship smartphone Samsung Galaxy, Note 7 and Apple iPhone 7. The news rattled in all media for several weeks, and many had the impression that such a situation - something out of the ordinary. In fact, of course not. This can be related to any smartphone. But the media do not pay much attention to such events and incidents are quickly forgotten.

Causes of smartphones flares can be very different - mechanical damage to the battery, the use of non-original accessories, overheating and so on.

Smartphone can lead to disaster on the plane

About two years ago, after decades of bans European Aviation Safety Agency officially allowed to keep radios in smartphones enabled throughout the flight. Despite this, not all airlines are rushing to take advantage of the law and continue to prohibit the use of smartphones without the included flight mode.

Using  headphones is dangerous

Many of us every day are fenced off from the sounds of the city playing music on headphones, and in particularly noisy environments (for example, in the subway) twisting the volume to maximum. Especially, people does not provide adequate insulation in-ear headphones, which include the widely popular Apple EarPods. The fact that, in contrast to overhead soundproof headphones ear increase the volume to a level unsafe for the hearing, which eventually leads to a weakening of the hearing. Using headphones while crossing roads and the railroad tracks is very hazardous. Dozens of fatalities occur in the world  because of this.

 internetua.com