CHAPTER 14 Dealing with Mobile Device Security

In today’s connected world, the average person possesses at least four mobile devices. In fact, some individuals use their smartphone to replace traditional platforms. This is possible because mobile devices in the past few years have increased in power, capability, and flexibility.

There is an increasingly diverse range of devices deserving of the “mobile” moniker besides smartphones, though. They include fitness trackers, smart watches, and even virtual-reality devices. People rely on these devices to give them information about the world around them, and the devices allow for the recording and tracking of vast sums of data that were just not possible to gather and record in the past. Because ...

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