Editing Mobile computing (section)

==Security issues involved in mobile==
{{main article|Mobile security}}
[[Mobile security]] has become increasingly important in mobile computing. It is of particular concern as it relates to the [[information security|security]] of personal information now stored on the [[smartphone]]. Mobile applications might copy user data from these devices to a remote server without the users’ permission and often without the users’ consent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-05/apple-iphones-could-have-been-hacked-for-years-%E2%80%93-heres-what-to/11481206 |title=Apple iPhones could have been hacked for years — here's what to do about it |last1=Sikos |first1=Leslie F. |last2=Haskell-Dowland |first2=Paul |date=5 Sep 2019 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=2019-12-10 |archive-date=2019-09-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909011141/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-05/apple-iphones-could-have-been-hacked-for-years-%E2%80%93-heres-what-to/11481206 |url-status=live }}</ref> The user profiles automatically created in the cloud for smartphone users raise [[privacy]] concerns on all major platforms, in terms of, including, but not limited to, [[mobile phone tracking|location tracking]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnet.com/news/google-sued-over-keeping-location-data-amid-privacy-concerns/ | title=Google sued over tracking user location amid privacy concerns | first=Laura | last=Hautala | date=20 August 2018 | publisher=CNET | access-date=10 December 2019 | archive-date=10 December 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210071243/https://www.cnet.com/news/google-sued-over-keeping-location-data-amid-privacy-concerns/ | url-status=live }}</ref> and personal data collection,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cpomagazine.com/data-privacy/pre-installed-apps-on-android-represent-a-threat-to-user-privacy-and-security/ | title=Pre-Installed Apps on Android Represent a Threat to User Privacy and Security | first=Nicole | last=Lindsey | publisher=CPO Magazine | date=10 April 2019 | access-date=10 December 2019 | archive-date=10 December 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210071243/https://www.cpomagazine.com/data-privacy/pre-installed-apps-on-android-represent-a-threat-to-user-privacy-and-security/ | url-status=live }}</ref> regardless of user settings on the device.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/13/google-location-tracking-android-iphone-mobile | title=Google records your location even when you tell it not to | work=The Guardian | date=14 August 2018 | access-date=10 December 2019 | archive-date=10 December 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210071239/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/13/google-location-tracking-android-iphone-mobile | url-status=live }}</ref>

More and more users and businesses use smartphones as a means of planning and organizing their work and private life. Within companies, these technologies are causing profound changes in the organization of [[information systems]] and therefore they have become the source of new risks. Indeed, smartphones collect and compile an increasing amount of sensitive information to which access must be controlled to protect the [[information privacy|privacy]] of the user and the [[intellectual property]] of the company. 


All smartphones are preferred targets of attacks. These attacks exploit weaknesses related to smartphones that can come from means of wireless telecommunication like [[WiFi|WiFi networks]] and [[GSM]]. There are also attacks that exploit software vulnerabilities from both the web browser and operating system. Finally, there are forms of [[malware|malicious software]] that rely on the weak knowledge of average users.

Different security counter-measures are being developed and applied to smartphones, from security in different layers of software to the dissemination of information to end-users. There are good practices to be observed at all levels, from design to use, through the development of [[operating system]]s, software layers, and downloadable apps.