Hardware based Anti-theft System for Smartphones
J. Caroline El Fiorenza1, Dinesh Udayakumar2, Chandrasekar Rajah3, M. Karthikeyan4
1J. Caroline El Fiorenza, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai (Tamil Nadu), India.
2Dinesh Udayakumar, Student, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai (Tamil Nadu), India.
3Chandrasekar Rajah, Student, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai (Tamil Nadu), India.
4M. Karthikeyan, Student, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai (Tamil Nadu), India.
Manuscript received on 10 February 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 06 April 2019 | Manuscript Published on 28 April 2019 | PP: 171-174 | Volume-7 Issue-5C February 2019 | Retrieval Number: E10420275C19/19©BEIESP
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Abstract: In the world of technology, smartphones and laptops play a major role and is actively used by millions of people around the world for the purpose of communication, entertainment and also as a tool for learning and updating our knowledge. Users store important information on their smartphones ranging from personal details, photos, videos and other confidential credentials such as banking information and even passwords. This possess a threat when the smartphone is stolen where this information can be misused for certain criminal activities and all our important information is at stake. The existing anti-theft systems are all software based where once stolen, these apps can be uninstalled by anyone and hence cannot be accessed by owner and all the confidential information is gone with it too. Therefore, the scope of this project is to propose a hardware based anti-theft system wherein a actual chip is embedded in to the smartphone which can be accessed anytime by the user to track the smartphone even after the phone is reset and also provide support for remotely erasing the data stored, hence data integrity is achieved and the data is not stolen. The chip can communicate with the GPS sensor in the mobile and will provide GPS location of the smartphone in real-time. The chip also has an dedicated storage where users can store important information and confidential data that can be secured and can access it anytime.
Keywords: Anti-theft System, Cybersecurity, GPS, Information Security.
Scope of the Article: System Integration