I am considering moving into the Norton Mobile Security solution from Wave Secure. I have also been trying Lookout. My primary reason for moving is that I noticed that Wave Secure does NOT perform a factory reset to wipe the phone, instead it simply deletes sms, contacts, calendars, emails, etc. This leaves all your sync information intact, any social media apps remain logged in, etc. A pretty worthless wipe if you ask me. It does, however, come with uninstallation protection – there is a separate app that will lock the phone if it detects the main app is uninstalled, and vice versa, a pretty elegant solution
Lookout does provide factory reset when remote wiping, but being a smaller company I am not sure how much I trust their service and their backup servers. Its backup solution also only backs up call history (all other stuff listed is in the cloud already, so no need to back that up). Also, the remote lock appears to just activate a temporary Android native lock, rather than doing a more comprehensive lock and displaying a message allowing anyone who finds the phone to return it.
My question is, does Norton Mobile Security:
- Provide for a true factory reset when remote wiping
- Allow a custom message on the lock screen when remote locking
- Have any sort of uninstallation/stop process type protection
- How does it take commands – SMS or email or “always on” data connection?
Thanks