Saturday, 14 September 2013

5 Security Apps For Your Brand New Apple Device iPhone 5-Mobile phone recycling



Kryptos

This is a great app for your iPhone 5 if you believe that you could benefit from knowing that all your mobile phone conversations are secure, without the possibility of your calls being listened into or intercepted. This may all seem a little over the top for many of us and our day to day conversations but for some of us whose business may require secure voice communications, Kryptos will provide you with military-grade AES-encrypted phone calls. To ensure your privacy, both the caller and the receiver will need to be using the Kryptos application which is free to download but requires a $10 (about £7) per month subscription fee.

Norton Snap
This is an app to protect you from malicious QR codes, which are the little boxes with black and white pixelated patterns in. These are increasing being used by companies on their promotional materials as a quick and easy way to direct you to their website simply by scanning the code using a QR reader on your smart phone. Unfortunately, hackers and criminals are recreating them but then directing you to a malicious and potentially damaging website. The Norton Snap app is a QR reader that allows you to review the URL that you are about to be directed to before you visit the site, so that you get a chance to decide whether or not you want to go to the site. The app also checks the URL against a database of known fraudulent websites which is constantly being updated.

Find My Phone
This is a great free app that you will definitely need to download to your iPhone 5 as it may help you to track down your iPhone 5 and increase your chances of finding or recovering it in the event that it has been stolen or mislaid. All you have to do is log into Apple’s website and register that you want to find your phone and it will then use your phones GPS to identify the location of your iPhone 5.

Foscam Surveillance Pro
If you like the idea of being able to keep an eye on your home whilst you’re away, why not take a look at the Foscam Surveillance Pro app which when used in conjunction with an inexpensive IP camera and an internet connection will give you the ability to do just that. The app will work with up to six different cameras which can be displayed on your iPhones screen and if you’ve bought a camera that can tilt and pan, you can even control this on your mobile using a virtual onscreen joystick.

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