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Introduction: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability Threats in Mobile Phones

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In this introductory chapter, we will briefly describe and group as many as possible of the threats in confidentiality, integrity, and availability that mobile phones are facing. As such, it will be the basis for the discussions that will follow in the next chapters.

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Androulidakis, I.I. (2012). Introduction: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability Threats in Mobile Phones. In: Mobile Phone Security and Forensics. SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering(). Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1650-0_1

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