Identity Privacy in Mobile: Issues, Challenges and Solutions
Sudha Singh · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2012
The gap between mobile phones and portable computers is shrinking, and almost everyone’s daily activities are highly dependent upon a device, known as mobile phone/Smart phone (SP). So mobile device security is becoming increasingly important, as business information and personal information move from the PC onto handheld storage. It is very important to do our daily activities without any problems. But what if our mobile gets stolen? The paper describes issues and challenges in security and privacy of mobile devices. The paper also proposes privacy solutions. Fingerprint sensors and face recognition are also highlighted as a growing feature in security and navigation for handsets. In this paper, we have used security password, face recognition and finger print recognition to avoid unnecessary messaging. It operates silently in the background and it should be very hard to spot.