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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

Warranties in the mobile space


Warranties are not new, and have been provided for seemingly countless commodities for decades. Smartphones present new challenges to the old warranty models because these devices are often simultaneously covered by their manufacturer and the cellular provider. Navigating this web of warranties to determine which one applies can be challenging. With some basic information, a user can determine the extent and limitations of warranties on their smartphones.

Basic terms

Go into a big-box store and purchase an item. In all likelihood, you will be offered an extended warranty of one type or another. Depending on the item, the price and duration of this warranty may fluctuate greatly. For a new television, for example, the warranty might cost thirty-five dollars and cover your television for damages for a period of three years. You may even be offered the opportunity to extend the warranty beyond three years for an additional thirty-five dollars.

If you ask what sorts...