Secure garbage collection on a mobile device

Methods and systems for performing garbage collection involving sensitive information on a mobile device are described herein. 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 o...

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Hauptverfasser: Janhunen Stefan E, Adams Neil Patrick, Little Herbert Anthony, Dahms John Fredric Arthur
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Methods and systems for performing garbage collection involving sensitive information on a mobile device are described herein. 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.