Verizon launches mobile security app for andriod phones

In recent years there have been many corrupt applications that are put in place to get important information from a specific person. In recent years, Android devices have actually been a platform for these "corrupt" applications. Smartphones are now key locations to store our important information, such as passwords and usernames. I am one of these people for an example, I store several passwords that I have in my iPhone as well as my computer. Hackers see this opportunity to get into the system and try to get important information. Verizon, a key factor in the development and sales of Android devices, decided to take a step and try to eliminate the corrupt applications.

The way they were able to achieve this was to create a application to protect your phone as well as the information that is enclosed in it. I find this to be something that Verizon should have had in place before this current time. Phones are mini computers that store lots of important information for the owners of the devices. Not last summer but the previous two, I got the opportunity to work at a cell phone insurance company called Asurion. Asurion was the leader in their industry, and was the key carrier to all of the major cell service providers. I was asked to look up if there was such a thing as a app that would be able to detect suspicious applications on your Android phone. It was clear that this was not only affecting the carrier (Verizon) but the insurance company who had to provide their customers with devices that could not continue to be used as a result of corrupt applications. So providing customers with an application that could help them avoid issues relating to the phone which would be beneficial to Verizon as well as the cell phone insurance company, is important.

It was cool to see that I was put in position to research something that was shown to be a key issue at the time. And I hope that the information in the deck I provided was helpful in helpful to Asurion.



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