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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

Identifying your phone – the numbers that set your device apart


There are numerous identifiers for each device and network. A subscriber identity module (SIM) is an integrated circuit chip that stores the various identification numbers used by a mobile device. The SIM circuit is normally installed into a removable "SIM card".

These may be considered in much the same way as an IP number on a personal computer; they assist carriers in distinguishing one device from another and, therefore, also assist in a carrier's efforts to track and monitor each device. The following are definitions for a few of these identifiers. As a user, these will be most important to you in the event that your device is hacked; you will be able to understand these terms in your efforts to recover or repair your device.

  • IMEI – the International Mobile Station Equipment Identity number is a unique identifier, which is assigned to many mobile devices, from tablets to smartphones. In some countries, such as the United...