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Usable Mobile Security

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Distributed Computing and Internet Technology (ICDCIT 2012)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNISA,volume 7154))

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We make the case for usable mobile security by outlining why usable security in mobile devices is important and why it is hard to achieve. We describe a number of current problems in mobile devices that need usable and secure solutions. Finally, we discuss the characteristics of mobile devices that can actually help in designing usable solutions to mobile security problems.

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  1. Nokia Research Center, Finland

    N. Asokan & Cynthia Kuo

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  1. Institute of Mathematical Sciences, C.I.T. Campus, Taramani, 600113, Chennai, India

    R. Ramanujam

  2. Industrial Software Systems, ABB Corporate Research Center, Bangalore, India

    Srini Ramaswamy

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Asokan, N., Kuo, C. (2012). Usable Mobile Security. In: Ramanujam, R., Ramaswamy, S. (eds) Distributed Computing and Internet Technology. ICDCIT 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7154. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28073-3_1

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