A security system for tracking and remote management ofAndroid mobile devices client design and implementation

Ihor Karpachev

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Leading mobile platforms today

Available mobile platforms

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Anti theft systems for most popular mobile platforms

• Cerberus• Prey• Anti Theft Droid

• Anti Theft Security• BlackBerry Protect

Find my IPhone SmartProtect

Anti-Theft alarm

Source: Pew Research Center‘s Internet & American Life Project, March 15-April 3, 2012 Tracking survey. N=2,254 adults ages 18 and older, including 903 interviews conducted on respondent‘s cell phone. Margin of error is +/- 2.6 percentage points based on cell phone owners (n=1,954).

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Two obvious ways improvement of existing approaches

Improve software

• Anti-theft systems. • Improve available software. • Make a combination of software + hardware.

Hardware or Softwawre?

Improve hardware

Apple do first step.

Add specific anti theft hardware.

Make a combination of software + hardware.

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Apple wins patent for simplified anti-theft system

Apple anti-theft system

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Existing scheme of mobile communication process

How to improve existing communication scheme?