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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

Device profiles


Every mobile device has a built-in profile. These profiles include information about the device, the device configuration, and your personal configurations. In effect the profile is the brain of your device. If the device is corrupted and/or hacked, the profile can be destroyed. This chapter will show an example of an Apple profile and an Android profile.

If the profile is not working, the device will not work. Information included in a device profile can include:

  • Your name

  • The device ID numbers (detailed in other chapters)

  • Cell phone number (not all devices have cell numbers)

  • The last time the device was used and in some cases if the device has been backed-up

  • Messaging profiles

  • Applications installed

These are example screenshots and can change between each release of Android and/or iOS.

The Apple profile

As with most phones/devices, Apple products have a profile. The Apple profile is found under Settings. An example is as follows:

You will note that the preceding screenshot shows...