81% of us conceal some smartphone activities

A survey, conducted among 5,000 smartphone users worldwide, showed that a staggering 81% of those interviewed want to keep some part of their mobile activities private or concealed, especially from the eyes of their significant other.

The top three of things regarding smartphone actions that people want to conceal include SMS logs (29%), phone calls (25%) and pictures or video files(21%).

Unsurprisingly, when asked from who they wanted to hide their cell activities from, the majority (67.58%) answered that from their significant other, followed by friends and family members (30.08%), strangers and thieves (12.42%) and, in the distant corner, from co-workers (11.4%).

When it comes to which gender is more prone to hiding their texts, calls or pictures, men ranked highest, with 76% of them admitting to concealing such activities while only 24% of the women interviewed were ashamed of their smartphone actions.

'The survey proves people are sensitive to individual privacy on their smartphones and long for a way to keep their personal data outside curious eyes,' said Fiona Choo, manager of IObit, the mobile security company which conducted the study.