| A new mobile phone security suite is promising to offer | | | | Director of Mobile Services at Kaspersky Lab, Sergei |
| users the ability to remotely lock down their stolen | | | | Nevstruev, said the new security offers |
| handset and wipe all the data contained on it, thereby | | | | unprecedented levels of privacy protection for mobile |
| rendering it virtually useless to a thief. | | | | phone users, and better safeguards against data loss |
| The latest version of San Francisco-based software | | | | and unwanted calls and texts. |
| company Kaspersky's Mobile Security package will | | | | He pointed out that smartphones contain more |
| also let users find their phone via GPS, send an alert to | | | | personal data about their owners, their movements |
| its owner if its SiM card is removed or changed, and | | | | and their contacts than ever before, much of which |
| even send a text advising anyone else using the | | | | the owners would understandably want to remain |
| phone that a reward is available for its safe return. | | | | private. The new suite is also promising comprehensive |
| There is also a raft of new measures aimed at | | | | protection against malware and network attacks, and |
| safeguarding smartphone owners' privacy, including the | | | | lets parents monitor their children's activities on their |
| ability to hide information about any sensitive or | | | | phones, as well as providing information on their |
| confidential contacts. This allows a user to not only | | | | whereabouts. |
| wipe their details from the phone's address books, but | | | | And like a PC, it has an anti-spam capability, which in |
| also to remove all traces of them from call logs and | | | | this case blocks unwanted calls and text messages. It |
| SMS records. | | | | can also encrypt important documents, keeping them |
| Concealed contacts can be revealed by entering a | | | | away from prying eyes and making them accessible |
| password, and details of incoming calls and messages | | | | only by inputting a password. |
| can be accepted while their details are kept hidden, or | | | | Because people are now putting more information than |
| added later when the user returns the phone to normal | | | | ever about themselves onto their smartphones, |
| mode. Manual privacy settings can also be activated | | | | privacy protection is taking on new levels of |
| for individual contacts using the application's interface, | | | | importance, Nevstruev said. This was why Kaspersky |
| automatically after a predefined period of inactivity or | | | | was offering a greater degree of privacy to phone |
| remotely by sending a special text message to the | | | | owners than ever before. |
| phone owner's own number. | | | | |