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The coming African tsunami of information insecurity

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As the affordability and use of mobile phones in Africa increase, so too will security vulnerabilities.

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        cover image Communications of the ACM
        Communications of the ACM  Volume 53, Issue 12
        December 2010
        127 pages
        ISSN:0001-0782
        EISSN:1557-7317
        DOI:10.1145/1859204
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