epa05152408 (17/18) A young Thai commuter uses his mobile phone while waiting for the underground in Bangkok, Thailand, 08 July 2015. Excessive mobile phone usage has been a common global phenomenon in the 21st century, with some studies going as far as to label it an addiction; and with 87.5 million mobile subscriptions among the country's 67.2 million inhabitants, Thailand is no exception. As many users often buy multiple phone numbers, it isn't surprising that the number of mobile phone subscriptions is higher than the country's entire population. Worldwide mobile phone subscriptions in 2018 are expected to reach 4.5 billion due to a notable increase in the number of smart-phone subscriptions in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East/Africa regions. EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL PLEASE REFER TO THIS ADVISORY NOTICE (epa05152391) FOR FULL PACKAGE TEXT
You can't think of your mobile phone as just a phone. It's a computer that stores your photos and videos, and your emails and text messages.
You can use it to shop, bank and make other transactions, all of which usually require a password that you don't want falling into the hands of a scammer.
