Pandora Subpoenaed in Federal Grand-Jury Probe Over Personal Data
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/04/pandora_subpoenaed_in_federal.html
Does not surprise.
oh so its illegal for pandora to collect demographics, but google, yahoo, bing, facebook, myspace, etc.. can have a field day with it?
Anyone that has dabbled into any type of advertising knows that demographics is the key. Pandora doesn't REVEAL the demographics, but rather allow the advertisers to pick their target audience (male, age of XX, on network XXXX, with phone XXXX).
Same way as facebook targets you with their ads. Facebook not only allows advertisers to target you based on your personal information (age, gender, education, location), but they also allow targeting through what you "Like", and who your friends are.
Pandora is just getting ****ed in the ass for this, without even doing anything wrong.
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oh so its illegal for pandora to collect demographics, but google, yahoo, bing, facebook, myspace, etc.. can have a field day with it?
Anyone that has dabbled into any type of advertising knows that demographics is the key. Pandora doesn't REVEAL the demographics, but rather allow the advertisers to pick their target audience (male, age of XX, on network XXXX, with phone XXXX).
Same way as facebook targets you with their ads. Facebook not only allows advertisers to target you based on your personal information (age, gender, education, location), but they also allow targeting through what you "Like", and who your friends are.
Pandora is just getting ****ed in the ass for this, without even doing anything wrong.
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The question is...does it stipulate that this is done in the ToS?
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Article he posted doesn't say that.
mattykinsx said:
The question is...does it stipulate that this is done in the ToS?
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It doesn't have to. Because they aren't giving away your info. They are just storing it and matching what the advertiser wants with what you want.
Here is what facebook has on it:
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You can use your privacy settings to limit how your name and profile picture may be associated with commercial, sponsored, or related content (such as a brand you like) served or enhanced by us. You give us permission to use your name and profile picture in connection with that content, subject to the limits you place.
We do not give your content or information to advertisers without your consent.
You understand that we may not always identify paid services and communications as such.
As long as the pandora ToS states that they are allowed to store content/name/location/etc.. which it most likely does, then I don't see how this can be problematic.
And they do say that:
http://www.pandora.com/privacy
All the news media and everyone that is making this a big deal doesn't know the first thing about how advertising works, and are hyping it up as if pandora is actually going out and dropping your name/email/gender/age/etc.. to the advertisers. And thats not how it works. The advertisers give specifics for their campaign, and then pandora matches their specifics to their database, and delivers the ads.
mattykinsx said:
Article he posted doesn't say that.
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Why doesn't it I just read both?
Last-Chance said:
It doesn't have to. Because they aren't giving away your info. They are just storing it and matching what the advertiser wants with what you want.
Here is what facebook has on it:
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You can use your privacy settings to limit how your name and profile picture may be associated with commercial, sponsored, or related content (such as a brand you like) served or enhanced by us. You give us permission to use your name and profile picture in connection with that content, subject to the limits you place.
We do not give your content or information to advertisers without your consent.
You understand that we may not always identify paid services and communications as such.
As long as the pandora ToS states that they are allowed to store content/name/location/etc.. which it most likely does, then I don't see how this can be problematic.
And they do say that:
http://www.pandora.com/privacy
All the news media and everyone that is making this a big deal doesn't know the first thing about how advertising works, and are hyping it up as if pandora is actually going out and dropping your name/email/gender/age/etc.. to the advertisers. And thats not how it works. The advertisers give specifics for their campaign, and then pandora matches their specifics to their database, and delivers the ads.
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They know how advertising works - they depend on it which is also why they run stories like this. As for everyone else, what you expect free stuff to not have some type of business model that takes advantage of your usage? Even if you pay for Pandora One you have or had the freedom to not use or subscribe.
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Last-Chance said:
oh so its illegal for pandora to collect demographics, but google, yahoo, bing, facebook, myspace, etc.. can have a field day with it?
Anyone that has dabbled into any type of advertising knows that demographics is the key. Pandora doesn't REVEAL the demographics, but rather allow the advertisers to pick their target audience (male, age of XX, on network XXXX, with phone XXXX).
Same way as facebook targets you with their ads. Facebook not only allows advertisers to target you based on your personal information (age, gender, education, location), but they also allow targeting through what you "Like", and who your friends are.
Pandora is just getting ****ed in the ass for this, without even doing anything wrong.
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you should actually read the article, instead of just the headline.
Pandora is not the subject of the investigation, and they were not the only ones subpoenaed.
In fact, in a securities filing for an initial public offering, the company revealed that it had been served a subpoena to turn over information for a federal grand-jury probe into the way smartphone software developers disclose personal data. Pandora isn't the target of the investigation — similar subpoenas have been issued to other publishers that run on the iPhone and Android operating systems.
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subpoenas aren't only given to those who are accused of or suspected of a crime, they are information-gathering tools for law enforcement agencies.
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A malicious application that can steal cash via phones running Google's Android operating system has been found.
The program poses as a media player but once installed starts sending premium rate text messages.
The service being sent messages is operated by the malicious app's creator, who scoops up the fees.
Discovered by Kaspersky Labs, it is believed to be the first booby-trapped application for Android.
In a security advisory Kaspersky said that the virus - Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a - is being spread by text message. The message prompts users to install an application, 13KB in size, which purports to be a media player.
The virus was most prevalent among Russian Android users. The risk to Android owners worldwide is believed to be low.
'Trusted model'
In its advisory it said that the huge growth in the number of Android applications was likely to make the phones tempting targets for criminals.
"We can expect to see a corresponding rise in the amount of malware targeting that platform," said Denis Maslennikov, mobile research group manager at the firm.
Simeon Coney, spokesman for mobile security firm AdaptiveMobile said booby-trapped applications that run up big bills via premium rate numbers were very common on other platforms such as Symbian.
Symbian is the most popular smartphone operating system, commonly used on handsets built by Nokia and Sony Ericsson.
"There are a significant number of Java based mobile viruses that do exactly the same malicious activity of sending out premium rate (i.e. reverse charge) SMS," he said.
Like other mobile application stores, Google has a system in place that can revoke malicious applications and stop them running on handsets.
"Our application permissions model protects against this type of threat," said a spokesperson for Google.
"When installing an application, users see a screen that explains clearly what information and system resources the application has permission to access, such as a user's phone number or sending an SMS.
"Users must explicitly approve this access in order to continue with the installation, and they may uninstall applications at any time.
The spokesperson said the firm advises users to "only install apps they trust".
"In particular, users should exercise caution when installing applications outside of Android Market."
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10928070
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10839034
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Thanks for the heads up.
I wonder which antivirus apps can pick this out? Could be a test to see if antivirus actually works...
Interrrsting, are there any anti virus programs available for android?
Google's disclaimer is rediculous, most users have no idea what it means. Shameful handling by google.
Why nog set up an approval process on the market?
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GlennQ said:
Why nog set up an approval process on the market?
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Because that would be irritating. Head over to the Apple store and get yourself an iPhone if you want that sort of treatment.
Here's an idea. If you have a computer, think for a second before installing something you have absolutely no idea about. The #1 rule of computer safety: Don't install random crap.
People need to realize that software isn't magically safe just because you're using a phone. It's still a computer. Use a little common sense. This isn't that complicated.
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I wonder which antivirus apps can pick this out? Could be a test to see if antivirus actually works...
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LookOut antivirus, free from Market
Edit: Just found that as well: http://droidfanz.com/appz/android_tools/788-smobile-security-shield-v1714.html
weird...
virus origin : Russia
reported by : Russian anti-virus company
and..: they have planned for av next year.... how come they plan before hand when there was no virus before this .....??
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Itzhak Avraham - A Security researcher just unveiled an app called Anti, or Android Network Toolkit at Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas Friday and plans to make available to Android in coming days. The app is designed to bring easy hacking on the go which brings all the hacking tools available to penetration testers on PCs to smartphones, with an automated interface intended to make sniffing local networks and owning remote servers as simple as pushing a few buttons.
While Anti will be great for researcher to do mobile pen testing, it could be very dangerous and a hacker could, for instance, walk into a coffee shop or a corporate office with his phone and connect in public WiFI to start sussing out machines for data theft or malware infection. Here is what Avraham says:
“Anti is your perfect mobile companion, doing it all for you. Please remember, with great power comes great responsibility. Use it wisely.”
Anti, will be available on Android Market next week as a free app with a $10 corporate upgrade and will ask users in its terms of service to limit their hacking to “white hat” penetration testing.
Every defcon they come out with vapor ware. I'll believe it if or when they even post a beta somewhere by the end of the month. I seriously doubt it will be out by the end of next week on the market.
dvdivx said:
Every defcon they come out with vapor ware. I'll believe it if or when they even post a beta somewhere by the end of the month. I seriously doubt it will be out by the end of next week on the market.
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Definitely not vaporware as I have it on my phone right now. The beta is out and going well... Zuk's a smart man and a good friend
Being in the security business, I really look forward to see how many vectors & versions will be included...
Hope it'll be good.
Cant wait till it comes out.
Here is his website with a semblance of a price structure/feature list.
Download is for beta testers only at the moment.
edit - silly posting rules (no urls allowed)
zimperium.com/Android_Network_Toolkit.html
Hi, i know that you get this question all the time but, how can a get the apk or how can i be a beta tester? Should i just wait until this app is available in the android market? I will apreciate if you reply my message, have a nice day
Anti, will be available on Android Market next week as a free app with a $10 corporate upgrade and will ask users in its terms of service to limit their hacking to “white hat” penetration testing.
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$10 corporate upgrade. In no time it 'll be free on the net.....
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What is Anti?
ZImperium "Anti" LTD is proud to annonce Android Network Toolkit - Anti.
Anti consists of 2 parts: The Anti version itself and extendable plugins. Upcoming updates will add functionality, plugins or vulnerabilities/exploits to Anti
Using Anti is very intuitive - on each run, Anti will map your network, scan for active devices and vulnerabilities, and will display the information accordingly: Green led signals an 'Active device', Yellow led signals "Available ports", and Red led signals "Vulnerability found". Also, each device will have an icon representing the type of the device. When finished scanning, Anti will produce an automatic report specifying which vulnerabilities you have or bad practices used, and how to fix each one of them.
What is AntiCredit?
AntiCredit is the app to purchase status and credits for Anti usage.
Once you buy Silver, Gold or Platinum(for corporate users and power users), your status is saved forever. You can use MITM,DOS,SPY,REPLACE IMAGES and other features like PASSWORD CRACKER, but you also get N amount of credits, these credits can be used for attacks and reports.
Once Anti has mapped your network, it is time to choose the attack method:
[+] Scan - This will scan the selected target for open ports and vulnerabilities, also allowing the user to select a specific scanning script for a more advanced/targeted scan.
[+] Spy - This will 'sniff' images transferred to/from the selected device and display them on your phone in a nice gallery layout. If you choose a network subnet/range as target, then all images transferred on that network - for all connected devices - will be shown. Another feature of the Spy plugin is to sniff URLs (web sites) and non-secured (ie, not HTTPS) username/passwords logins, shown on the bottom drawer.
[+] D.O.S - This will cause a Denial Of Service (D.O.S) for the selected target, ie. it will deny them any further access to the internet until you exit the attack.
[+] Replace images - This will replace all images transferred to/from the target with an Anti logo, thus preventing from attacked used seeing any images on their browsers while the browse the internet, except for a nice looking Anti logo...
[+] M.I.T.M - The Man In The Middle attack (M.I.T.M) is an advanced attack used mainly in combination with other attack. It allows invoking specific filters to manipulate the network data. Users can also add their own mitm filters to create more mitm attacks.
[+] Attack - This will initiate a vulnerability attack using our Cloud service against a specific target. Once executed successfully, it will allow the attack to control the device remotely from your phone.
[+] Report - This will generate a vulnerability report with findings, recommendations and tips on how to fix found vulnerabilities or bad practices used.
Anti supports & uses the followings OSS tools :
nmap
Ettercap
driftnet
THC-Hydra
Metasploit
We will be releasing patch sets for OSS shortly. This should assist developers to compile binaries used by Anti!
nice.
Could you sum up what data I should expect to see that your application is sending back to you ?
I'd like to know what you are sending home, even using this tool could violate an pentesting NDA.
The best would be if you sent absolutely nothing back - but I guess you are a bit more curious than that.
anti (android network toolkit)
it's out but you can only get the lite version because you can't pay that .
the app that you can purchase anti gold or whatever is pull of from android market of is not released .
so theire is now danger to this app !!!
where can found platinium ver. (cracked)
requesting warez is a bannable offence under xda rules of use.
Just wanted to let everyone know that Google music is no longer requiring an invite. It is open to everyone. Just download it from the market or visit it online at http://music.google.com
Already using it
I think every Android user should take advantage of this great feature.
oh, and the android market launched their music download service. Just from the website for now. So for those who want to buy their music, but not through apple *shudders* or amazon mp3, now have that option. I personally only listen to Indie artists, so this doesn't effect me, but great for antiapple-ists (ME!!!!), and people who think amazon is too much of a hassle (I don't care, just another source to me).
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oh, and the android market launched their music download service. Just from the website for now. So for those who want to buy their music, but not through apple *shudders* or amazon mp3, now have that option. I personally only listen to Indie artists, so this doesn't effect me, but great for antiapple-ists (ME!!!!), and people who think amazon is too much of a hassle (I don't care, just another source to me).
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I got an email from Google and it says in the next few days the Market will be updated to allow music purchases from our phones. Music is really cool but they need to work out a way to get your music out of the cloud. If I buy it I want to be able to easily transfer it to whatever device I choose. Amazon still has the advantage as far as purchasing music.
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I got an email from Google and it says in the next few days the Market will be updated to allow music purchases from our phones. Music is really cool but they need to work out a way to get your music out of the cloud. If I buy it I want to be able to easily transfer it to whatever device I choose. Amazon still has the advantage as far as purchasing music.
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You technicly can get it off the cloud, you have two option, play the songs on the computer, and check all the temp files from the browser, and find the mp3 (too much work) or stream it to your phone and pull it out of the cache. That's in /sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.music if you want it.
Put it does need to be easier. That much I agree with.
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You technicly can get it off the cloud, you have two option, play the songs on the computer, and check all the temp files from the browser, and find the mp3 (too much work) or stream it to your phone and pull it out of the cache. That's in /sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.music if you want it.
Put it does need to be easier. That much I agree with.
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Yeah, good tips but both a royal pain in the ass. Both options mess up the files names. In my case I uploaded 19,000 songs to Music and then my HDD crashed. I'd really like an easy option to get my music back out of Google's damn cloud! (I got most of them on my old iPod but I'm having issues transferring them onto Mint)
So, I don't understand. You're not able to actually "own" the music you buy like you do on iTunes?
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So, I don't understand. You're not able to actually "own" the music you buy like you do on iTunes?
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Yup, that's exactly it.
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Yup, that's exactly it.
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Not quite, you do still own the music, (as per me reading the TOS for the music beta, which may have changed) (also assuming you bought your music *gives evil eye to the wary*) but there is no easy way of getting it off. And why would they mess with the file names? Copying from one spot to a different spot shouldn't do that. Moving will though.
And you have 19000 songs in your library *shock*, that's a lot of music, I have like > 100 songs....
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Not quite, you do still own the music, (as per me reading the TOS for the music beta, which may have changed) (also assuming you bought your music *gives evil eye to the wary*) but there is no easy way of getting it off. And why would they mess with the file names? Copying from one spot to a different spot shouldn't do that. Moving will though.
And you have 19000 songs in your library *shock*, that's a lot of music, I have like > 100 songs....
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When it caches the music it assigns all the tracks numerical file names. Like this:
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I assume it's part of some sorta of effort to prevent piracy (ie attempting to please the RIAA and whatever their ridiculous demands are). And the TOS may say you own your music but until you can easily burn it to a cd and listen to it in your car you don't own nothing.
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When it caches the music it assigns all the tracks numerical file names. Like this: View attachment 786623 I assume it's part of some sorta of effort to prevent piracy (ie attempting to please the RIAA and whatever their ridiculous demands are). And the TOS may say you own your music but until you can easily burn it to a cd and listen to it in your car you don't own nothing.
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Ahh, I see what you mean. I would actually make a copy of those files rather than rename them so that I don't have to wait for them to stream again. But agreed, it needs to be easier to get your music off.
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Ahh, I see what you mean. I would actually make a copy of those files rather than rename them so that I don't have to wait for them to stream again. But agreed, it needs to be easier to get your music off.
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In the "Music Manager" application (going off Windows here) there is an option to "Download Purchase Music". I have not tried this, but I would assume it would do what it says.
Track Your Galaxy Note online with samsung server.
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Since I am using this service from day one, but i have never read a word regarding this on XDA forum. so writing a guide who are not aware to this service.
Priorly with SGS i have tried, but was not available to my country(india), but this time with Note we are lucky.
To activate this service
First Go here
http://samsungdive.com
and register your account(free)
- Now on mobile go to setting-Location n security - Find My mobile
1.check SIM card change alert
2.click on alert msg recipient - Now login with credential, you have register on above mentioned samsung site. - and add recipient mobile number (your other number / family number) on which you will get notification, if SIM will changed.
3.check Remote control
Now when you visit samsungdive.com n login, you will see your register device there, (see Image above)
Click on your device.
You will see this
Now you can track your mobile. It have all function which available with many costly applications on market like
-tracking on map (to check location)
-Ring mobile (to find device in nearby location)
-Forward msgs
-call logs
-wipe out device etc
Hope it will be useful to G-Note user.
I didn't know about this! Thanks!
Samsung Dive is an excellent tool.
it also helps with few other things.
The other day i misplaced my note under my desk and i went online and made it ring( it rings even in silent mode )
Sounds great! I will have to check this out. I have been using SeekDroid since it came out, but this might be a more fool proof way, since I have had issues with Seekdroid while running practice tests. Thanks!
Doesn't seem to work in the US. Saying my ZIP is not enough digits and I don't see the setting on the phone menu to "find my mobile."
Edit: nevermind, deleted the optional address information. Still not working yet...added +10000000000 (0's are my phone number) since I'm in the US....
Edit 2: I previously had a SGSII on my Samsung account. Perhaps it's trying to locate that device (hehe, the new owner is probably panicking).
How can I delete that device and add my Note?
Edit 3: Nevermind, figured out how to add the Note here:
https://v2.samsungdive.com/help/guideRemoteControls.do
Doesn't say how to delete a device I no longer own though....
thanks for this
Although find my mobile worked fine with me "lock mobile" and "ring mobile" didn't although it is showing as succeeded on the web
any idea?
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Doesn't seem to work in the US. Saying my ZIP is not enough digits and I don't see the setting on the phone menu to "find my mobile."
Edit: nevermind, deleted the optional address information. Still not working yet...added +10000000000 (0's are my phone number) since I'm in the US....
Edit 2: I previously had a SGSII on my Samsung account. Perhaps it's trying to locate that device (hehe, the new owner is probably panicking).
How can I delete that device and add my Note?
Edit 3: Nevermind, figured out how to add the Note here:
https://v2.samsungdive.com/help/guideRemoteControls.do
Doesn't say how to delete a device I no longer own though....
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I think if u signout of samsung dive account in your phone , it dissappears.
Not so sure. will test it.
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I think if u signout of samsung dive account in your phone , it dissappears.
Not so sure. will test it.
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The FAQ says to delete (disable) the feature on your phone before selling it.
I factory reset it so it had to be disabled as the phone re-formatted.
Oh well. Works on my Note but I hope I don't wipe some guy's SGSII that I sold it to lol.
this is a really good tool, i played around with it for a while and its an asset
guys lock screen and all is working for you ?
any specific apk should be installed?
what ROM are you using ?
Thank you very much! It's working like a charm
THANK YOU!!
I saw this in the settings and wondered from where on the net one can control it.
@ArticCat: Are your phone's data/wifi enabled? 'Cause it needs to communicate with the servers.
Noooooo
No no no no nooooooooo, definitley not, couldnt bear the thought of knowing i was been tracked at any moment, dont like the idea of that software, like the people upstairs dont already have their beady eyes on us, how do we know samsung wouldnt make this info available to the government for some corrupt scheme. big no from me...
graemeg said:
No no no no nooooooooo, definitley not, couldnt bear the thought of knowing i was been tracked at any moment, dont like the idea of that software, like the people upstairs dont already have their beady eyes on us, how do we know samsung wouldnt make this info available to the government for some corrupt scheme. big no from me...
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Tinfoilhat and all, but any and all cell companies know where you are 24x7. Hint: they could give two ****s.
I, on the other hand, want to wipe my phone if I lose it, so I'm in. Samsung can watch me drive around all they want but I'd be willing to bet they have better things to do, like make Touchwiz more bloated and the like.
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Tinfoilhat and all, but any and all cell companies know where you are 24x7. Hint: they could give two ****s.
I, on the other hand, want to wipe my phone if I lose it, so I'm in. Samsung can watch me drive around all they want but I'd be willing to bet they have better things to do, like make Touchwiz more bloated and the like.
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ericshmerick said:
Tinfoilhat and all, but any and all cell companies know where you are 24x7. Hint: they could give two ****s.
I, on the other hand, want to wipe my phone if I lose it, so I'm in. Samsung can watch me drive around all they want but I'd be willing to bet they have better things to do, like make Touchwiz more bloated and the like.
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To continue on his point, I trust Samsung more than the guy who accidentally/purposefully acquires my phone with all my personal info on it. WIPE WIPE WIPE!
Works great, I had this with my galaxy s and now the note ;-)
And it works very good, I am in sweden.
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Thanks!
But does this affect battery life in anyway?
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Thanks! This looks awesome. I will try this once I get back home from work.
Thanked & Rated 5 Stars...
Got it to work in USA. Thanks for posting this.
By David Meyer
In a boon to those about to head off for their summer holidays, Google is to make it possible for people to use its mobile Maps app without a cellular data connection.
Google Maps already had this feature, at least on Android, as a Labs add-on. However, that required a tricky procedure whereby the user had to select a centre point around which a limited area would be pre-cached. On Wednesday the company said it was making the offline capability official and easier to use.
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"Offline Google Maps for Android are coming in the next few weeks," Google Maps engineering chief Brian McClendon wrote in a a blog post. "Users will be able to take maps offline from more than 100 countries. This means that the next time you are on the subway, or don't have a data connection, you can still use our maps."
The announcement also contained several other updates for the mapping app. For those who want to use Google Maps while hiking, Google is to send 'Street View Trekkers' to photograph wilderness areas that can only be accessed by foot.
The company is also extending its Map Maker feedback-and-corrections service to South Africa and Egypt, with Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland all set to get access in the next few weeks.
The moves come as a rival system, OpenStreetMap, continues to gain traction, partly through its use by Apple. OpenStreetMap is, as the name suggests, open source, and it has always been built on user contributions and edits.
On Wednesday Google also announced an update to its Google Earth virtual globe. While it has been possible for the last six years to create 3D models of specific buildings, the company will soon add entire metropolitan areas in three dimensions, as demonstrated in a video.
"This is possible thanks to a combination of our new imagery rendering techniques and computer vision that let us automatically create 3D cityscapes, complete with buildings, terrain and even landscaping, from 45-degree aerial imagery," McClendon wrote. "By the end of the year we aim to have 3D coverage for metropolitan areas with a combined population of 300 million people."
Thats great news! So does this mean that I can be home, connected to WIFI and download the maps for my area, and then just go out with no data/wifi and I will be able to use the navigation feature as a GPS?
My question is where is this offline map going to be stored; Sdcard, cache,...(That's right!! I used a semi-colon)
I don't use maps on my phone at all. Have actually uninstalled the apk, because it was always running in the background eating battery. I do keep it on my tablet but that is bc it is wifi and when asleep it doesn't use data which doesn't use battery.
( ... heard there was a Zen party going on in here ... )
I've used the offline maps Labs addon in the past, but it was only limited to 10 download points. Forgot how large the download radius was, but it was only ok (not wood inducing). I'm curious to see whether this will truly allow you to download offline data all the way down to street level view (as purported in an article I read).
I use Locus Pro on my Tab, and I've used it to download tiles from Google Maps as a source. It's limited to downloading 10,000 tiles per day (from Google), which sounds like a lot but really isn't esp. if you're saving multiple zoom levels per target area. Adds up real quick. Not sure the number of tiles I've downloaded thus far, but it's about 250 MB worth of sd card space. Lol.
I'm curious to see what Google brings us. Any offline map is always handy anyhoo.
Woodrube said:
My question is where is this offline map going to be stored; Sdcard, cache,...(That's right!! I used a semi-colon)
I don't use maps on my phone at all. Have actually uninstalled the apk, because it was always running in the background eating battery. I do keep it on my tablet but that is bc it is wifi and when asleep it doesn't use data which doesn't use battery.
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I remember trying an app that did something like this, and the maps took up ENORMOUS amounts of memory. i guess this wouldnt be an issue for someone who is nice to their sdcard, but for someone like me who is always tinkering on 90%+ full...im good with the way it is now. but hey, its a good option....options are always a plus.
What I can't wait for is the new Maps that Apple is planning on showing, i think its next week?
Apparently, 3D etc. etc. Nothing that Google doesn't have.
I love how google just plans their maps event before Apples and Apple was the first one to plan it in the beginning (this sentence makes no sense i just re-read it -.-)