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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

Will your money be "too" mobile?


With all the concerns over mobile device malware and data theft, should you even consider using your device for mobile banking or bill paying? The answer is a surprising "Yes, but with precautions." Banks typically have strong security protections, which can work to your advantage. They understand the additional risks inherent in mobile devices. This allows them to implement measures specific to mobile banking, which increase the security of your transactions.

For example, a bank can authenticate you through your phone's unique ID. That would prevent anyone else, using a different device, from accessing your account. A bank can also limit transactions to certain cell tower areas that coincide with your home, office, or school, adding additional security.

Use your bank's app rather than a web browser on your mobile device to ensure use of the highest available protection. You will want to ensure your bank enforces adequate security measures before initiating...