{"id":95264,"date":"2019-05-21T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/securingtomorrow.mcafee.com\/?p=95264"},"modified":"2025-05-25T20:55:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T03:55:03","slug":"hackable-puts-smartphones-to-the-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/mobile-security\/hackable-puts-smartphones-to-the-test\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHackable?\u201d Puts Smartphones to the Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">Is the Personal Data on Your Smartphone Vulnerable? Listen to Find Out: Used for everything from banking and taking pictures, to navigating, streaming, and connecting, mobile devices are a treasure trove of sensitive personal data. On the latest episode of \u201cHackable?\u201d the team investigates how secure that data really is by inviting a white-hat to try and remotely penetrate our host Geoff\u2019s smartphone. 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