Preface

The exponential growth of mobile devices has revolutionized many aspects of our lives. In what is called as the post-PC era, smartphones are engulfing desktop computers with their enhanced functionality and improved storage capacity. This rapid transformation has led to increased usage of mobile handsets across all the sectors.

Despite their small size, smartphones are capable of performing many tasks: sending private messages and confidential e-mails, taking photos and videos, making online purchases, viewing our salary slips, completing banking transactions, accessing social networking sites, managing business tasks, and more. Hence, a mobile device is now a huge repository of sensitive data that can provide a wealth of information about ...

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