Project Honeystick

What happens when you lose your cell phone and it’s picked up by a stranger? Do they try and return it? Do they rifle through your data?

Watch what really happens in this video reconstruction of Symantec’s Project Honeystick.

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Knowledge is the life of the mind

It’s not the device itself that’s so valuable to victims of stolen smartphones,

but the data stored on those smartphones.

of theft victims would pay $1,000 to retrieve their stolen smartphones

According to Lookout, which worked with IDG Research to conduct the study, between 50% of phone theft victims would pay $500 to get their devices back.

The results are based on 2,403 responses from participants who said they have had their smartphone stolen at some point.

Left on a bus bench, Phone #32 went on a 4-day journey.

Its social networking, passwords, webmail,

and online banking apps were accessed throughout the trip.

Six cities, 60 phones, no privacy

Symantec Canada ‘lost’ 60 smartphones across the country in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax.

Then it tracked what happened to them.

The number of smartphones stolen dropped in 2014 by

in London

in San Francisco

in New York

Mayor Boris Johnson and city officials in San Fransisco and New York argue for laws mandating phone locking options after cities see dramatic decline in phone theft.