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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

Your data in their hands


Unlike physical theft, data theft is not limited by proximity to the victim. A person in any country is at risk of having data stolen by a thief in any other country. The Internet makes this possible and relatively easy. Not only is the risk of data theft increased by ease, it is also increased by sheer volume when compared to physical theft. There may be a few thieves within driving distance of your home; however, there are an unlimited number of data thieves with access to the Internet.

A thief looking for the right home to rob will search for the building offering the least resistance to intrusion. Data thieves use the same approach. Because mobile devices tend to be protected less than personal computers, they make better targets.

Once thieves have your data, they can sell it to buyers on the black market, once or many times over, or they can use it to steal your identity. They can also do both. In David Crouse's situation, several people bought his information...