How we travel and where we can go now depends on a smartphone. Freedom of movement is app-based.

This is a major change in the mechanics of doing business and our everyday lives that was drastically accelerated by COVID-19 and the need for touch-free access. Apps can make access quicker and easier to manage for events, venues, buildings and transport of any kind. And they can make business operations cheaper.

But relying on apps also opens up a much wider front across society in the battle with cybercriminals. The fundamental issue is that the more widely used an app is, the bigger and more attractive the target.

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