Researchers modified Google’s Android operating system to add additional security features. When devices leave a certain area, there is control on what applications can run, and sensitive data is wiped clean. The same level of control could be true for many other types of data that’s proven troublesome when placed on mobile devices such as patient and medical data, financial data, and databases used by application designers and development teams. Researchers demonstrated the software for an inside-the-beltway group, Virginia Tech Intelligence and Defense Executive Alumni.”]

