Fears about rogue apps and mobile malware may snag all the headlines, but when it comes down to brass tacks, the odds of contracting a digital disease on your phone are pretty low as long as you stick to official app stores and don't download things found in the darker corners of the Internet. A much more tangible risk ties into your phone's physical nature. Simply put: If you lose it, you're screwed.
"The question 'What can you realistically expect from a mobile security suite?' is easy to answer," Andreas Marx, the CEO of AV-Test, told me for a recent mobile security reality check. "To help you when your phone is stolen or lost, to either help find it and/or destroy the data on it."
Android owners won't need a mobile security suite to help with those core tasks before long. On Friday, Google announced a new Android Device Manager service and app designed to plug physical security holes that will available later in August.
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