Modified Android system keeps smartphone data from leaving specified physical locations

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There are plenty of situations in which it’s convenient for people to be able to receive sensitive data on their smartphones – one example could be a nurse at a clinic, who needs a doctor’s office to email over a patient’s immunization records. The problem is, those confidential records will still be on her phone, when she leaves work with it at the end of the day. A new system developed at Virginia Tech, however, offers a solution to that problem. It allows mobile phones to access certain data only when they’re in a given physical location, and wipes that data from their memories when they leave... Continue Reading Modified Android system keeps smartphone data from leaving specified physical locations

Section: Mobile Technology

Tags: Data protection, Security, Smartphone, Virginia Tech

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