One feature IT administrators will definitely appreciate in Windows 8.1 is the ability to selectively wipe corporate content from devices.
Although many internet companies are trying to wipe terrorist content from their platforms, ISIS, al Qaeda and many other groups still push out thousands of ideological messages a day online.
In other words, don't ever assume a Flash device is empty after you wipe its contents.
Rounding out the feature set is the ability to remotely wipe the contents of your device – you would lose the ability to ping the device with a message, but if you absolutely don't want anyone taking a look at those pictures you've got, there is a course of action for you.
It lets you display a message or play a sound on a lost phone and find the device on a map, set a PIN remotely or wipe all your content.
John Roberts even knows something about remotely wiping the contents of a device – though he's likely never used the Find My iPhone app.
Not only may it be illegal, but it could be woefully ineffective too, since more and more police departments are dropping seized electronics into Faraday bags, which block all electrical signals and would likely prevent you from remotely wiping its contents.
The username, URL and followers all stay, but the timeline content gets wiped clean, with older content being moved to URLs like Instagram.com/ObamaWhiteHouse and Facebook.com/ObamaWhiteHouse for posterity.
Moreover, many smartphones and tablets now include features such as the ability to erase, or "wipe", the content on them remotely and to track their location using their inbuilt GPS systems.
For quite some time, Apple has given iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad owners a way to mitigate this risk by offering them a free app that can locate a lost or stolen device and, if it can't be retrieved, wipe it of its contents remotely.
