Kaspersky Releases Andriod security APP

[CARE3]

Kaspersky have released Mobile security 9 which has some really cool features

SMS Find- pin points your phones location using google maps if lost or stolen

Sim Watch - If your phones lost or stolen you can still delete date if the sim is switched

Remote block - You can lock down all comms on the phone so no sms, emails ect can be sent or received

More details
http://www.kaspersky.com/au/news?id=207576272

[Goots]

The galaxy S offers all this as standard without installing any extra apps.

Check out Menu > Settings > Location & Security > Mobile Tracker

and it's parter website, SAMSUNGDIVE.

[CARE3]

knew about the tracker, but did not know about the SAMSUNGDIVE, just shows the SGS has pretty much everything! cheers goots

[Piterski]

The galaxy S offers all this as standard without installing any extra apps.

Check out Menu > Settings > Location & Security > Mobile Tracker

and it's parter website, SAMSUNGDIVE.

Out of curiosity, did you try it? I tried twice to locate my phone with no results - it told me after few hours that search has expired or something similar.

[Piterski]

how about security? cool features are just extra, just wonder how good is it in protecting my stuff

[Jim]

Tried the Samsungdive locator thingy and ot worked after about 2 mins or so. Located my phone about 3 streets from where I was, but in the same general area at least!

[Swipermusic]

Would this depend on if you had location services activated?

[Goots]

Tried the Samsungdive locator thingy and ot worked after about 2 mins or so. Located my phone about 3 streets from where I was, but in the same general area at least!

Yeah mine took about 5 minutes and it located the phone on the right street, but about 60 meters away.

I think handset location can only be achieved accurately using GPS ( if it's any good on the phone to start with ) and if that is disabled, it uses triangulation using known networks (provider networks not WiFi networks) which is notoriously innacurate anyway. Locating your phone to a drawer in someones bedroom only happens in the movies I'm afraid

I'm more interested in the Lock/Wipe feature of SamsungDive. If my phone is lost/stolen then I'll have to deal with it (well my insurance company will ) but I really don't want some random having access to all the stuff I keep on it.

I mean, what if they found my donkey porn collection ?!

[Swipermusic]

Very funny Goots rofpmsl x Agree with you about the wipe rather than the find, hope it works if you need it.

[Jim]

To be fair, when I tried it, my GPS was turned off initially (and the phone was indoors), but once the result had come back, the phone had turned the GPS on by itself - so I guess if you lost it outside in a feild or something, then the location would probably be pretty good, but otherwise not great. The lock/wipe options are good though