Did you know that billions of instant messages (IMs) are sent each day in the United States alone? That means information of all kinds is being sent and received by your devices on a near constant basis. Some of that information is simple enough, a quick “Hey!” or “Did you see that email?”, but some of that information is more detailed… “Hey real quick, I’ve got to access this report, what’s your password?” or maybe, “Hey I’ve forgotten my password, I thought it was S3curityR!$k, am I spelling that right?”
Messages like these are being sent back and forth every day so it’s important to understand the risks of having instant communication at our fingertips.