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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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You are at the mercy of the security mechanisms and privacy policies of your

provider. You have to accept whatever security mechanisms they use, such as

encryption strength (or lack thereof), and you have to abide by their privacy

policies, which may allow them to turn your data over to other companies for

marketing, or even to law enforcement. Additionally, some cloud providers

may limit the type and amount of data you are allowed to store in their cloud.

These restrictions are typically in place to prevent software, movie, and

music piracy.

These are all considerations you’ll have to think carefully about when

choosing whether to sync to the desktop, the cloud, or both.

EXAM TIP The 1001 objectives add a curious phrase in the discussion of

synchronization, “mutual authentication for multiple services (SSO).” It’s

hard to tell precisely what CompTIA expects here, but a properly coded

application on a modern mobile device can enable you to log in with one of

the other accounts you’re probably already logged into, such as Google,

Apple ID, Facebook, Twitter, etc. The process for using your active

authenticated session with one of these common services to sign you into

other services is called single sign-on (SSO).

Synchronization Issues

The most common synchronization issue is a connectivity, device, or remote

infrastructure problem that leaves data partially synced. A partial sync could

result in incompletely downloaded e-mail or even duplicate messages as the

device tries over and over to successfully sync, repeatedly downloading the

same e-mail messages. A device may attempt to sync to download an OS

patch or update and may fail. The most likely culprit is connectivity issues

with Wi-Fi or cellular connections, and the problem can usually be resolved

by moving the device to an area with a stronger signal. This doesn’t prevent

upstream connectivity issues, which may also have to be examined.

There are other problems that prevent synchronization, including

authentication issues, OS version issues, or incorrect configuration settings. If

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