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Mobile Security: How to Secure, Privatize, and Recover Your Devices

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Mobile Security: How to Secure, Privatize, and Recover Your Devices

Overview of this book

The threat of hacking may be the most damaging on the internet. Mobile technology is changing the way we live, work, and play, but it can leave your personal information dangerously exposed. Your online safety is at risk and the threat of information being stolen from your device is at an all- time high. Your identity is yours, yet it can be compromised if you don't manage your phone or mobile device correctly. Gain the power to manage all your mobile devices safely. With the help of this guide you can ensure that your data and that of your family is safe. The threat to your mobile security is growing on a daily basis and this guide may just be the help you need. Mobile Security: How to Secure, Privatize, and Recover Your Devices will teach you how to recognize, protect against, and recover from hacking attempts and outline the clear and present threats to your online identity posed by the use of a mobile device. In this guide you will discover just how vulnerable unsecured devices can be, and explore effective methods of mobile device management and identity protection to ensure your data's security. There will be special sections detailing extra precautions to ensure the safety of family members and how to secure your device for use at work.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Mobile Security: How to Secure, Privatize, and Recover Your Devices
Credits
Foreword
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Tips to Help You Protect Your Mobile Device
The History of Social Networking, the Internet, and Smartphones
Index

Who has your data? Round 2…


The United States Department of Justice (US DoJ) created a report in 2010, which detailed the length of time each major cell phone company retained records of call and text activities by their customers. The report, Retention Periods of Major Cellular Providers (http://www.aclu.org/files/pdfs/freespeech/retention_periods_of_major_cellular_service_providers.pdf), was followed up by American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) research in August 2011. The ACLU's goal was to determine how law enforcement agencies used the data retained by the providers. The ACLU found that, of the 230 law enforcement agencies willing to provide information, 217 tracked cell phones with frequencies varying from emergency use only to regularly.

What information about you is available to law enforcement agencies? The answer depends on your cell phone provider. According to the US DoJ report, call and text message detail records are retained for one to seven years, while text message content...