Protectin: Smart anti theft System for Smartphones

Abstract

The fact that phones have become an important part of our lives and their value increases over time also the risk of them being stolen increase, putting us at risk of losing all our personal information in addition to the financial cost of the phone. The question remains: how can we recover the phone in case it is stolen?, This study proposes Protectin application for mobile phones. Protectin works by automatically activating internet and Global Positioning System (GPS) after the system is activated via a text message,allowing it to retrieve phone information and phone’s location through GPS, capturing a picture of the potential thief, and then sending it via email and Short Message Service (SMS) messages to pre-specified mobile phone numbers and email addresses.