All Articles in remote wipe

Hardware Encryption and MobileMe Give iPhone Consumers Enterprise-level Security

iphone_oled

TidBITS has an interesting write-up on the various security features of iPhone 3.0 in general, and the 256-bit AES hardware encryption of iPhone 3GS in particular, and how combined together:

consumers can now experience enterprise-class security.

They cover passcode lock, data erase, remote wipe, lack of insecure external data cards, frequent and easy to install [...]

Read the full post »

UPDATED: Amazon Remote Wipes Kindle Copies of 1984, Animal Farm — Redefines Irony

iphone-kindle-remote_wipe

UPDATE: Engadget heard from Drew Herdener, Amazon.com’s Director of Communications:

These books were added to our catalog using our self-service platform by a third-party who did not have the rights to the books. When we were notified of this by the rights holder, we removed the illegal copies from our systems and from customers’ [...]

Read the full post »

MobileMe Update Coming June 17: Find my iPhone, Remote Wipe, iDisk Mobile, File Sharing, Public Folders

MobileMe Find my iPhone

As part of the WWDC keynote today, Apple announced new features for their MobileMe service as it pertains to the iPhone:

Find my iPhone shows map location Find alerts sends text or sound to advise of lost iPhone or help find it Remote wipe lets you clear data from a lost iPhone, or restore it via login or [...]

Read the full post »