System and method of secure garbage collection on a mobile device

A method and system for performing garbage collection involving sensitive information on a mobile device. Secure information is received at a mobile device over a wireless network. The sensitive information is extracted from the secure information. A software program operating on the mobile device u...

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Hauptverfasser: JANHUNEN STEFAN E, ADAMS NEIL P, LITTLE HERBERT A, DAHMS JOHN F. A
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A method and system for performing garbage collection involving sensitive information on a mobile device. Secure information is received at a mobile device over a wireless network. The sensitive information is extracted from the secure information. A software program operating on the mobile device uses an object to access the sensitive information. Secure garbage collection is performed upon the object after the object becomes unreachable.