If these gadgets are ever lost or stolen, the app can easily remotely track it, lock it or
even erase data.
Even erasing data only goes so far.
Users can use the browser or another device to remotely call the device or
even erase the data to protect valuable information.
Not exact matches
It will prevent a thief from
erasing the owner's
data from the phone,
even if the SIM card - the integrated circuit that includes an owner's password and other identifying information - is removed, Apple said.
That book is full of misinformation, for example he cites the Johnson & Daviss study saying «any remaing doubts about the safety of home birth were conclusively
erased» by said study — which isn't
even remotely true (the home birth
data from that study actually shows that neonatal mortality is 3 TIMES higher at home):
Apple bolstered security
even further last year with iOS 9, which runs on iPhone models as old as the 4S and can
erase iPhone
data after 10 consecutive incorrect attempts to enter the passcode.
For example, a used computer hard disk drive (HDD) can pose an obvious threat to
data loss, but the rest of the machine may be fully serviceable and safe to re-use with a new HDD - or
even with the original one securely
erased using Government CESG approved software.
A backup is being required though as in rare cases some users reported that after applying the official software manually, their
data got corrupted or
even erased.
Even if you
erase the
data on your microSD card, someone may be able to recover it with the right software.
Previous owners of these disks often fail to
erase them before their disposal, and some of the contained
data is private: legal papers, financial documents,
even diary entries.
When updating your phone your
data might get corrupted or
even erased.
Windows 10's «Reset this PC» feature will reset Windows to its default settings without
erasing your personal
data,
even if both are on the same partition.
``... with modern high - density drives,
even if you've got 10KB of sensitive
data on a drive and can't
erase it with 100 % certainty, the chances of an adversary being able to find the
erased traces of that 10KB in 200 GB of other
erased traces are close to zero.»