Phone thefts are something common and with the rising number, people are getting wary of carrying out high-end mobile phones as well as the data contained. Today, most phones today are used by people and professionals as far as storing confidential data. In fact, you may say that these are equally important like the actual phone itself.

F-Secure unveils a new software security solution that comes with an anti-theft feature. Now, stolen phones may end up unusable at all. This is because auto-locks on the data and the phone itself in case the thief tried to use another SIM card will activate the theft-control feature and instantly locks the device.

In case of data protection when the phone falls into the wrong hands, one simple SMS message will automatically lock the phone. As an ultimate safety measure to prevent misuse, remote wipe erases all of the data on the phone when its user sends an SMS message to the device.

F-Secure Mobile Security 5 with anti-theft will be available by June 24, 2009. It is already available for S60 3rd and 5th edition smartphones through the F-Secure eStore

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Security through the use of mobile phones just got better with the announcement that JTrek releasing their much-anticipated personal security Smartphone application.

This innovative technology has opened a new world of mobile security for the millions of Smartphone users. According to Nielsen Mobile research, there are more than 200 million mobile users in the U.S. More than 100 million of these subscribers use GPS and video-capable Smartphones. The JTrek application leverages the video, audio, location and camera features to record and distribute life-saving information in the case of an emergency.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, more than 2,000 child abductions happen each day. Although many are family related abductions, when they are unlawful, they should be stopped. Every hour, 16 women confront a rapist, and one of these women is raped every six minutes, many on college cam

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