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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

Chapter 7. Baby Boomers, Teens, and Tweens

We have looked at managing your mobile device for ordinary usage, risks to your device and personal information, ways to protect them, and various types of support available to you if issues arise. Mobile devices have come a long way in a very short amount of time, from simple phones to fully functioning computers. The possibilities are almost endless. There are other, less obvious risks which may arise from using mobile devices. While they may never touch your life, it is important to be aware of them if you are responsible for minors or have family members or friends in the over-50 age group. In this chapter, we will look at some of the most important risks and developments.

A mobile device, by its nature, is usually small and portable. Small, portable things have a tendency to get lost. Shiny mobile devices are attractive to thieves, who can casually swipe them from a restaurant table or shopping counter as they walk by. The information stored...