Secure at Hand? The Pre and Security

With all the coverage of President Obama's efforts to keep his BlackBerry after being elected, as well as the almost daily reports of data breaches (including from lost smartphones and laptops), the issue of security and smartphones is an important one. It's not just politicians with national security clearance either; most users have something they might want to keep away from unwelcome eyes, and those of us with formal obligations of confidentiality (attorneys, doctors, etc.) must be sure that our smartphones won't cause us to break those rules.

So where does the Pre fall in terms of security? In considering security and privacy issues related to any smartphone, there are a number of areas on which to focus, including:

• Operating system
• Transmission and interception
• Phone data

Let's take those in turn, after the break!

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