Kill Pill Applications

[billyjoebob]

I'm a relatively new PPC owner (Sprint Touch), and am starting to freak at the thought of losing my phone.

What security applications do you use for WM6 that contain a "kill pill" ability (i.e. the ability to send a coded SMS which will result in a hard-boot to the device)?

I can only find one program called remotePROTECT (www.scpsoft.com). It has some other cool features (in addition to the kill pill) like a hard boot after X number of incorrect password entries.

So, I guess my questions are:

1) Anyone have any other 3rd party applications that they would recommend?
2) Anyone use remotePROTECT that could offer feedback?
3) WM6 reportedly has remote hard boot abilities, but anything that I can find on it indicates it only works if you are using an enterprise type system (business users). Does anyone any experience with this, or know how it can be used by a private user?

THANKS!

[cnynctry]

Have you looked into Sprite software called Terminator?
Key Features

• Locate your phone using GPS - See exactly where your phone is and track it on via Google Maps, or Virtual Earth.
• Set and Forget – Once configured, Sprite Terminator is unobtrusive and can only be uninstalled with the correct password
• Remote Delete – Send an SMS message to initiate the wipe operation including all external storage cards
• Remote Lock-Down – Send an SMS message to lock all functionality or re-set the device master password
• SIM Change Alert – Receive a notification SMS message if the SIM card has been changed
• Activity Retrieval – Send an SMS message to retrieve call log entries
• Supports all Windows Mobile 5 & 6 Phones

[billyjoebob]

That looks like a great program. Thanks, CNYCTRY.

I'll have to sit down and compare both programs...

I have to say...I'm a little surprise I haven't gotten more feedback on this topic, and at the lack of available remote-type security programs for PDA's in general. I have a ton of personal information on mine. Nothing top-secret, but stuff that I wouldn't want a stranger looking through. I would think programs like these would be at the top of a pda user's list.

[kain144000]

I've got WIMP (Where Is My Phone? v.1.2.2), and it's pretty much the same as Sprite Terminator, from what I understand. Since we've only recently gotten GPS on our HTC Titans (mine's a Sprint Mogul, specifically), I hadn't had much incentive to check it out. Really interested in the tracking part. 'Had a bag w/ a Treo 700wx and a PPC-6700 (along w/ oodles-o-other $h17 in it) that'd gotten stolen (swiped while myself and my g/f (then lady-friend ) were asleep on the subway after a night of partyin' into the early morn. Would've loved to track it down and @&*%in' disemboweled the sorry n1&9@. ::ahem:: I apologize, 'lost composure. Perhaps it's for the best that I didn't have trackin' software.