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Lost Stolen iPhone or Smartphone? How to Prevent - What to Do

11/28/2012 by Lynn Walford

CTIA-The Wireless Association released a public service announcement (PSA) video to help cell phone customers in case of loss or theft. The association also offered guidelines for actions before and after your phone is stolen or lost.

A database that prevents stolen smartphones from being reactivated will be implemented by December 31, 2012, provided the phones have service in the U.S. by October 31, 2012.

AT&T, Cellcom, Nex-Tech Wireless, Sprint, Nextel, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless have deployed databases that use unique smartphone identifying numbers to prevent smartphones reported by their customers as stolen from being activated. AT&T and T-Mobile USA have established connectivity to populate smartphones reported as stolen in the GSMA Global IMEI database for use by other carriers.

Samsung Galaxy S3 (S III) $300 iPhone Trade-In and Safe BYOD Ent.

06/18/201206/18/2012 by Lynn Walford

Yesterday, we found the best deals on preorders for the Samsung Galaxy S III. It appears Samsung did not want to keep enterprise uses out of the third Samsung Galaxy. Today, Samsung's marketing releases highlight all the SAFE security features and as an added bonus, if you trade a nearly new competing smartphone you can get a refund of up to $300.

Out of the box, the SAFE-branded Galaxy S III supports enterprise-support for 338 IT Policies:

On-device AES-256 bit encryption.
Enhanced support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync.
Support for industry-leading Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Mobile Device Management (MDM) solutions.

Stolen AT&T Cell Phone Help but Not iPhone, Android or Windows Phone

05/04/2012 by Lynn Walford

Apple picking is a popular practices by thieves in trains, when iPhones are harvested by criminals. Carriers, recently signed an agreement to create a database of stolen phones to help stop the resale of stolen phones. AT&T has launched a webpage for stolen phones while only offering advise to iPhone, Android and Windows Phone owners.

The webpage gives safety tips and tells customers what to do if a phone is lost or stolen. users must log into their my AT&T account and suspend service. For prepaid GoPhones, AT&T off there's a toll-free number to call.

iPhone Could Be iWitness to Cheating & Other Crimes

12/15/201304/30/2012 by Lynn Walford

Forget about Big Brother, your iPhone is watching you, investigators with high-tech tools can track your every move which can can used for evidence in legal cases.

Examiners can draw a Google map of the route you took and the exact time you were there, down to the second using location data from an iPhone. The iPhone's location data is automatically captured by nearby cellphone towers and the carrier.

The data collection feature can only be stopped by turning off the phone's wireless transmit and receive features or setting the iPhone to airplane mode. However, the previously recorded data will still be there and will be recoverable. iPads use the same location tracking technology.

Android Apps Open to Exploits Even without Permission in Android 4.0 ICS

04/15/201204/13/2012 by Lynn Walford

Android apps even without permissions, can access data which could pose a security threat. researcher Paul Brodeur of Leviathan Security created an app that was able to find out all sorts of information about an Android device even without permission.

Brodeur created a ''No Permissions'' Android app that explores what data is available can be harvested from an Android device even when the installed app has no permissions. The app was able to harvest data, open a browser and send the data over the web.