This should be the year of mobile security

#1

Post by nickoakland » Fri, Feb 17, 2017, 5:56 PM UTC

This should be the year of mobile security
techcrunch.com

Re: This should be the year of mobile security

#2

Post by tyingq » Sat, Feb 18, 2017, 12:57 AM UTC

The article mentions the issue of law enforcement going through your phone at the airport.

I just noticed a decent solution to this by accident. My android broke, hard, and I had to get a replacement. The automatic backup that Google provides restored everything I needed, and pretty quickly, on the new phone. I think I was only missing call history, which I can live without.

So, at least for me, the current tech provides all I need. Just do a factory wipe before I leave for the airport, and restore it after I'm past the goon squad.

Re: This should be the year of mobile security

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Post by JumpCrisscross » Sat, Feb 18, 2017, 2:04 AM UTC

tyingq wrote: post #2

The article mentions the issue of law enforcement going through your phone at the airport. I just noticed a decent solution to this by accident. My android broke, hard, and I had to get a replacement. The automatic backup that Google provides restored everything I needed, and pretty quickly, on the new phone. I think I was only missing call history, which I can live without. So, at least for me, the current tech prov…

> Just do a factory wipe before I leave for the airport, and restore it after I'm past the goon squad

If you're traveling internationally you'd need to maintain a clean phone through both ends of security. That means restoring offshore. That, in turn, means relying on the reliability and security of your Internet connection.