Online scams can come from many places, and Telstra has just announced they are now offering Device Security Essentials for free through the My Telstra app.
We’ve all been exposed to scam calls, as well as spam emails and with Australians losing over $2.74 billion to scams in 2023 according to the National Anti-Scam Centre. Its a valid concern, with research conducted by YouGov finding 86% of Aussies who own a mobile or smartphone are concerned about cybercriminals targeting their personal information.
This has led to 1 in 5, or 18% of Aussies spending less time browsing the internet on their phones, while almost a third of mobile users are now using their phones almost exclusively for calls and texts.
To give their customers another weapon in the fight against scammers, Telstra has begun offering a new Device Security Essentials in the My Telstra app.
The suite of security tools is powered by McAfee, long a leader in device protection with features designed to scan your device as you use it and advise of potential vectors for a scammer attempting to get your data.
It’s an opt-in service, which you can activate through the My Telstra app and offers an extra layer of protection for anyone concerned about online scams. Once you select it and install, you can then access these features:
The Device Security Essentials is a new layer of protection, which builds on multiple offerings from Telstra to protect their customers including the Cleaner Pipes Program. Launched in 2020, the Cleaner Pipes program blocks millions of scam calls, texts, and emails each month before they even reach you.
You can try it out now by downloading the latest version of the My Telstra app on Android or iOS.
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