{"id":7583,"date":"2025-02-10T14:34:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T14:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmoneyreview.com\/?p=7583"},"modified":"2025-04-01T18:09:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T18:09:00","slug":"unseen-money-4-keeping-a-phone-thief-out-of-your-bank-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmoneyreview.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/10\/unseen-money-4-keeping-a-phone-thief-out-of-your-bank-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Unseen Money 4: Keeping a phone thief out of your bank account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/blubrry.com\/newmoneyreview\/141977041\/unseen-money-4-keeping-a-phone-thief-out-of-your-bank-account\/\">the latest episode of Unseen Money<\/a>, Timur Yunusov and I discuss how to stop a bad dream turning into a real nightmare: when a phone snatcher has your mobile device and is trying to get hold of your money as well.<\/p>\n<p>We cover:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How a phone thief can access your bank accounts<\/li>\n<li>The security of contract and non-contract mobile phones<\/li>\n<li>Best mobile phone security practices and what to keep safe at all costs<\/li>\n<li>Multi-factor authentication and avoiding single points of failure<\/li>\n<li>Stopping a phone theft from becoming identity theft<\/li>\n<li>Face ID or touch ID to authorise payments?<\/li>\n<li>The unevenness of payment apps\u2019 security<\/li>\n<li>Why little can stop the determined hacker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We also refer to these New Money Review articles in the podcast:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newmoneyreview.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/04\/a-phone-grabber-could-drain-your-bank-account-in-minutes\/\">A phone grabber could drain your bank account in minutes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newmoneyreview.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/09\/how-safe-are-payment-cards\/\">How safe are payment cards?<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*************<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blubrry.com\/newmoneyreview\/\">The New Money Review podcast<\/a> brings you the best minds from the world of money. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>From economics to payments, financial markets, technology, law, digital assets, crime and fraud, you&#8217;ll find an episode that interests you.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the latest episode of Unseen Money, Timur Yunusov and I discuss how to stop a bad dream turning into a real nightmare: when a phone snatcher has your mobile [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7379,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1053,1026,1014],"tags":[2287,2286,2289,2288],"class_list":{"0":"post-7583","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured-1","8":"category-latest-slider","9":"category-payment","10":"tag-hack","11":"tag-mobile-phone","12":"tag-stolen-phone","13":"tag-theft"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Unseen Money 4: Keeping a phone thief out of your bank account - New Money Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A thief has snatched your phone. 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