BlackBerry Limited
Method and system for preventing capture of sensitive information by proximate devices

Abstract:

A method for disabling one or more features at a computing device, the method including receiving, at the computing device, a first signal, the first signal directing the computing device to enter a monitoring mode; detecting, while in the monitoring mode, a second signal, the second signal indicating the computing device can operate normally; reporting to a system administrator receipt of the second signal; detecting a third signal at the computing device while in the monitoring mode, the third signal indicating an exclusion zone; responsive to the detecting of the third signal: disabling one or more features on the computing device; and reporting detection of the third signal to the system administrator.