As portable devices such as iPads and iPhones have become essential tools and in part extensions of ourselves and our daily lives, containing sensitive essential financial and highly confidential personal information, security of these devices and the data the hold have become of paramount importance. The security of these devices does not extend only to protecting the data they contain from electronic theft, but also to the physical security of the device itself, being Mobile by nature and the devices themselves quite valuable they’ve become sought after targets for petty thieves. That broadly outlines the reason why the market has been overrun by a plethora of security apps specialized for mobile devices like iPhones and iPads. The best of these apps go a long way towards securing these personal electronic extensions of ourselves.
The best of the breed for the Apple protection stable is contained in the following apps, the first app 1PasswordLock is one of the most popular currently around and possesses fantastic levels of security to protect you and yours on an electronic level. With a clear user-friendly, simplified, easy-to-use UI the app will generate high-level security passwords and your accounts can be split based on type offering easy individual management.
The second security beast, mSecure, offers the secure management of passwords with additional features like auto-fill and group sync, in addition presents a sleek slimmed down app that does not weigh down the performance on your device get still presents admirable security.
Lookout has been a trusty standby for years and works nearly the same manner as the Apple Find My iPhone app. It has the ability to track your devices via GPS offering capacity of finding your last iPhone while the web by allowing you to utilise your personal Lookout.com account. It can force your iPhone to ring continuously via the web browser and will send a message to the phone. It offers several additional features that does not come with the Apple app i.e. Lookout will automatically save your phone’ s last known position before running out of battery or being switched off and additionally backup your contacts for emergency use, it can also lock and completely wipe your phone.
Find My iPhone is the stock Apple GPS tracking app and offers the best tracking and security features by far such as the ability to remotely control your phone and forcing your phone to raise an alarm as well as erasing all your personal data before any possible misuse could occur. Tracking is similar to that of the Lookout app.
Best Phone Security Pro protects the user’s iPhone from any potential unauthorized access, offering a passcode lock similar to the iOS 7 passcode. The main difference with this app in control, persons trying to access a protected iPhone or warned-off by an alarm that cannot controlled from the phone at that moment offering the ability for personal recording of the alarm including taking a photo of the potential perpetrator if they attempt to enter an incorrect pass code.
Foscam Surveillance Pro gives the user the capacity to become the surveillance guy manning his own cameras, offering the user the ability to monitor up to 6 live IP cameras set up in locations of his choice and then receive and record live feed from them. If a Foscam IP camera is used, the user could even control its movement, providing cheap and easy solutions to small warehouses and offices.