The concept of the duress password is a fantastic one
Do you know that there are interesting ways to steal data from the smartphones today? Of course, any smart user should know this fact. The hackers are extremely talented people having the capacity to infiltrate into any security system and steal information. The PGP encryption was supposed to be a very strong security system. However, hackers have managed to gain access to these systems as well. This prompted Global Secured to come up with a new system, the ECC 521. This new system has some wonderful uses. Coming back to the topic of stealing information from the smartphones, there are two broad ways of doing it. One is without your knowledge and the second one is by forcing you to part with the password. This stealing is with your knowledge. The best part of the ECC 521 is that it offers protection under both the circumstances. We have seen that message encryption, self-destructing messaging apps, etc. can safeguard your data from pilferage. However, the hackers can even go to the extent of stealing your phone or even force you part with the access codes. When they steal your phone, it is not in your possession. However, you can use the remote locking password and ensure that you erase the entire data on the phone from remote locations. The instrument then becomes useless to the hacker. The best part of the ECC 521 is that the hacker cannot recover the messages using any means. There can be situations where the hacker might physically threaten or coerce you into parting with your passwords. This can be a dangerous situation. People fear for their lives and might just divulge the password. This can have disastrous repercussions. The ECC 521 can help save the day for you. This system has the facility of using a duress password. On using this particular special password, the system ensures that it wipes the data clean from the smartphone leaving the hacker with a dud instrument. The beauty of the duress password is that you can enter it personally or even divulge it to the hacker. The hacker will never have a reason to suspect that it could be a special password because it will be similar to the normal password. It has the same characteristics that a normal password has. The hacker can enter the password himself and watch the destruction of the data with his own eyes. The phone becomes useless without the data. You escape without incurring any harm as well. No other security system in the world has such a facility. Hence, a hacker cannot smell a rat. Of course, you need some guts to use this facility. That is a different matter altogether. We are only highlighting the avenues available to you to thwart any forceful entry of the hacker into the systems. It is high time that you started using technology to protect your important data. Hence, you can call the advanced technology as a good friend but a very bad enemy.
