SMS security solution for Windows mobile phone (part II)

• Main Author: Zune, Min Latt.
• Other Authors: Chan Choong Wah
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/46092
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Today, text messaging is the most widely used mobile data service, with 72 percent of all mobile phone subscribers worldwide being active users of short message service (SMS). As it is now a major revenue generator for wireless carriers, a lot of innovative applications are now built on top of the SMS technology and more are being developed. However, the profitability of mobile messaging is under malicious attack. Hence, security in SMS system is developed in various smartphones. In secure SMS system, different kind of cryptography is used to encrypt and decrypt the messages. This project is developed using bada smartphone platform and dedicated for the bada smartphone users. This application will provide confidentiality and security for the user by separating the normal SMS messages and Secret SMS in different inboxes and able to send and receive encrypted messages as well as decrypting the received ciphered message.