Prof. Dasgupta Featured on FOX13 Memphis

Posted on 2016-11-28

Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta, director of the Center for Information Assurance, was featured on a Nov. 22 FOX13 Memphis news story about cell phone privacy concerns.

In the newscast, Prof. Dasgupta indicated that sharing cell phone numbers adds to users' digital footprint, as well as making them more susceptible to fraud.  Unlike Social Security numbers, cell phone numbers are not legally regulated.

The full newscast is available from the FOX13 Memphis website at http://www.fox13memphis.com/top-stories/fox13-investigates-how-giving-your-cell-phone-number-out-can-put-you-at-risk/469494136.