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