We have always been told to protect our social security number, but every day it becomes increasingly important that we limit to whom and where we present our 10 digit mobile number. It's not just identity theft as if that's not bad enough, but with access to your device for example someone can see pictures, texts, sites visited and potentially the power to turn on your camera and gps and watch you remotely from somewhere else while you think you're safe at home. Access through your device is access to you not just your data.
With those 10 digits I remember using Google locate with Co-workers and we saw how it could easily pinpoint and potentially access people's phones. Other methods could be potentially through some hack, a new hire at some service provider or even a motivated, placed and grown infiltrator and those are just some of the obvious.
So careful unless you're like a family member of mine who changes phone numbers every month you better treat your mobile number with respect and protect it as if your life depended on it.
