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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2012
Jason S. Sobel, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jason S. Sobel, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A mobile computing device may automatically determine an occurrence of a security event associated with the device, and automatically erase all software and data on the device. The security event may be the mobile computing device being unlocked and away from a trusted location or user associated with the device, or the device moving a pre-determined distance over a pre-determined amount of time while unlocked, or a user performing an incorrect touch gesture to unlock the mobile computing device, or entry of an incorrect password a pre-determined consecutive number of times. The mobile computing may display a visual cue to the user to prompt the user to perform the incorrect touch gesture. Software and data on the mobile computing device may be automatically erased without receiving instructions from another computing device, or may be erased when the mobile computing device establishes a network connection with another computing device.