Got secrets? Eighty-seven percent of smartphone users respondedin the affirmative to a survey commissioned by Dallas appsdeveloper NQ Mobile which bluntly asked them if they had content ontheir devices they would prefer others not see.

Nearly one-fourth indicated that others may have secretlyaccessed content on their smartphones. Potential snoops includedthieves, friends, employees and significant others, said NQ Mobilein a statement.

“Whether being passed around to share photos from a recentvacation, being used to entertain children or being left untendedon a table in a business meeting, it's clear our smartphones arefinding their way into more and more people's hands,” said GavinKim, chief product officer at NQ Mobile. “Surprisingly, smartphonesprovide no simple way to curate the content we feel comfortableothers seeing and storing away the content we'd rather keepprivate. “

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