Can you imagine trying to run your life without your mobile device? Can you remember what it was like before you could have internet access on the train without having to be tied to a physical line?

It’s undeniable that smartphones and mobile devices have changed our professional lives irrevocably. However, the convenience of being able to handle our personal lives and professional lives all in the same device comes with a possible price: your career.

Mixing the Personal and the Professional

Mobile devices offer an unprecedented level of convenience. But for professionals this can also be a source of potential pain. For lawyers, an increasing number of law firms have handed out mobile devices to their lawyers. Great! Except not so much.

This is another common issue that almost everyone is vulnerable to: signing into an unsecured network. You should take the chance to now review your phone’s default settings. There’s a chance that if you’re new, it may be unnecessary to have the data on your phone encrypted. But there’s an even better chance that your company has applied the same level of security to all the phones in the company so that everything’s encrypted.

Losing Your Phone

Most of the weaknesses listed above can be managed with care and diligence. Admittedly, such level of care almost obviates the purpose of having a smartphone, particularly if you’re relegated to using as a dumbphone for most of your day. Nevertheless, it’s one of the few hassles that you’ll have to endure in the meantime.

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  • The 6 Most Newsworthy Data Breaches of 2015 (FindLaw’s Technologist)
  • BlackBerry Priv: The Triumphant Return? (FindLaw’s Technologist)

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