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i believe most of you would have read this article today about us lawmakers asking apple about tracking feature within iphone and ipad
some of you would have also heard me saying to avoid iphone every now and then. why? why the hoo-haa about apple tracking feature.
iphone tracker article
information itself can reveal alot about the user. this is profiling. telcos can already track each mobile device. however, how they store and who can access is controlled. however, if such information is going to be access by a person with malicious intent. how safe are you.
this is because mobile digital forensics could be the next big thing and some of you whom i shared about software erasing tools that i was investigating recently.
what is digital mobile forensics. basically, it is similar to that of a investigators combing through your hdd if there is something to be retrieve.
usually, you would have read the newspapers or seen in crime watch about loan shark operations, illegal horse betting, etc being busted. in your hdd/mobile phone, there is always data in it. there are tools out there that you can use to recover such information which are already deleted on hdd.
however, what is worse is when you lose mobile device? it is not just the inconvenience of having to replace your phone and restoring from your backup. any information that is on your device can be compromised. depending on who pick up your device.
this is why having the ability to remotely erase all contents on your mobile device is important. however, many people are not willing to pay for such apps/sw. think about it, if you use your device for mobile banking, information can be retrieved. then some will say, but there is a 2FA (dongle which generates another password, and sms coming through with another set of password).
dongle is safer. why? because sim card can be cloned also. some of you may be aware that there is the multi-sim feature. this means someone can set another sim card as master and retrieve information.
so, try not to lose your mobile. fall into the wrong hands and it can be disastrous.
some of you would have also heard me saying to avoid iphone every now and then. why? why the hoo-haa about apple tracking feature.
iphone tracker article
information itself can reveal alot about the user. this is profiling. telcos can already track each mobile device. however, how they store and who can access is controlled. however, if such information is going to be access by a person with malicious intent. how safe are you.
this is because mobile digital forensics could be the next big thing and some of you whom i shared about software erasing tools that i was investigating recently.
what is digital mobile forensics. basically, it is similar to that of a investigators combing through your hdd if there is something to be retrieve.
usually, you would have read the newspapers or seen in crime watch about loan shark operations, illegal horse betting, etc being busted. in your hdd/mobile phone, there is always data in it. there are tools out there that you can use to recover such information which are already deleted on hdd.
however, what is worse is when you lose mobile device? it is not just the inconvenience of having to replace your phone and restoring from your backup. any information that is on your device can be compromised. depending on who pick up your device.
this is why having the ability to remotely erase all contents on your mobile device is important. however, many people are not willing to pay for such apps/sw. think about it, if you use your device for mobile banking, information can be retrieved. then some will say, but there is a 2FA (dongle which generates another password, and sms coming through with another set of password).
dongle is safer. why? because sim card can be cloned also. some of you may be aware that there is the multi-sim feature. this means someone can set another sim card as master and retrieve information.
so, try not to lose your mobile. fall into the wrong hands and it can be disastrous.
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