The increase in use of mobile devices or in particular smart phones is shifting from PC's environment to mobile users. It causes new terms of criminal acts since 2009. For example, Mobile malware, a program in which a harmful code was used to steal banking information by keystroke logging so far.
Products like iPhones, iPads and iTunes media service that are developed with high operating systems and better shape are not either immune from these crimes despite the company is ensuring the users that these devices are much more safer and secure than others, notably Windows. The main problem is malware that allowed applications to access information on an iPhone users location without permission.
Grounded in definition of computer under S.2 Computer Crime Acts 1997, computer is a "an electronic, magnetic, optical, electrochemical, or other data processing device, performing logical, arithmetic, storage and display function, and includes any data storage facility or communications facility”. As a matter of fact, devices such as iPhone, iPhads or iTunes are counted as computer. So, the users should be aware of the way of using these devices to prevent commiting computer crimes.
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