For those worried about losing their mobiles, getting mugged or pickpocketed, there are 2 apps i find useful
the first one is:
"Gps tracker" by instamapper, you need to install the app from market and register in its website, its free, no ads, no spam, just google it and go the section HOWto
this app is mainly used for those travelling, hiking, riding, etc. to follow and record your way and know exactly where you are in real time
the second one is:
"lost phone" by gadgetprojects, it pop-ups a white screen asking you for a password and reporting your lost or stolen mobile, you can customize the message you want, mine is "this mobile phone has been either lost or stolen, it has the latest security system installed on it and it cannot be unlocked by any means, please contact (number:000000), you will be rewarded if you found it" lol,
cheers...
vaguin70 said:
For those worried about losing their mobiles, getting mugged or pickpocketed, there are 2 apps i find useful
the first one is:
"Gps tracker" by instamapper, you need to install the app from market and register in its website, its free, no ads, no spam, just google it and go the section HOWto
this app is mainly used for those travelling, hiking, riding, etc. to follow and record your way and know exactly where you are in real time
the second one is:
"lost phone" by gadgetprojects, it pop-ups a white screen asking you for a password and reporting your lost or stolen mobile, you can customize the message you want, mine is "this mobile phone has been either lost or stolen, it has the latest security system installed on it and it cannot be unlocked by any means, please contact (number:000000), you will be rewarded if you found it" lol,
cheers...
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I had a similar thing but it also had some voice thing where I would call it a certain set name and it would start ringing with a special tone.
Though there is a better application then the one you stated in your post.
It was avaliable on Android Market's feature list for around a month or two.
Personally i use "SIM Checker Pro", it regisiters your sim card number so if the phone is stolen and another sim put in it emails and txts pre-regisiters numbers and addresses with the phone location and new SIM number.
Also if you have wifi turned on most of the time my Virus scanner "Lookout" also have a very good function you can access thought the website which shows you your phones location (updated every 30secs) on Google maps.
found an app called Location Cache Map in market and it seems from what it says that it prevents maps and other apps from setting location data on phone and clears map cache while still allowing full use of GPS functions. i tried it and it worked, though it takes an extra couple seconds to lock on.
seems to work. you can see your stored location data with it even if you dont want to block location cache. interested in hearing from others on if this seems to really be working.
Any aftermarket Rom do this.
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sure if ya delete maps or something. mine always still saved location data on my phone. this lets you use the functions without phone saving cache data. ive never seen this function on any rom ive used. but if so id like to know how and save some time.
Has anyone else tried this?
Google has always kept this type of information---even before android. It's in their terms and conditions. Honestly, anyone who doesn't want to give Google access to this information, shouldn't use their phone.
aczarney said:
Google has always kept this type of information---even before android. It's in their terms and conditions. Honestly, anyone who doesn't want to give Google access to this information, shouldn't use their phone.
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You should, at minimum, have the choice to turn it off and delete the data that is stored on your phone readily.
Let's get real, corporations have too much freedom when it comes to using us as pawns. It should be an option to opt out period. I use google stuff cause I like the way it works, they don't need my location for that.
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Google's been collecting information rather openly for years. I just don't get why people are surprised they are collecting it with their phones too. It was never really a secret. There's no option to turn it off simply because that's the terms and conditions for use of the phone--that Google is entitled to access to your location as well as other information regarding how you use your phone. It honestly is like they're watching your every move. If you don't want access given to Google for this information, don't use the phone. That's literally your only option, and legally, Google is completely backed up on that. Now apple, that's a different story. But Google has been doing these things ever since Google as a company was created, its actually part of what has allowed them to grow. To know how their services are used and how their users function more or less.
I could really care less. Ask yourself. What is Google going to do with your information besides direct ads based on you interest. As long as Google execs aren't going to come track me down, I could really care less what data they collect. If your worried about people collecting your data then don't ever buy anything off the internet or for that matter, don't ever use a credit card to make purchases.
read this. its a rant but its how it REALLY is.
Grammer and spelling errors warning!!!
its doesnt matter what they are going to do with it. i have a right to privacy. the more you look into your specfic settings for your google and gmail account, the more you'll see that a lot of what they ask for they don't tell you. they allow you to turn it off.... if you even know how to where to find it, or if you even know they are collecting it.
they keep much more than just location and basic data for ads. im not going to get into all of it because theres too much. go look for yourself.
basically these days to have a phone thats fun (smartphone) you are forced to choose iOS or Android. Both are bull**** when it comes to privacy. THATS WHY THEY ARE DEFENDING THERE ASSES IN COURT!!! Just the fact that it has gotten to the point of major national news shows that it isn't just nothing. $500 million lawsuits aren't to be taken lightly.
And it's not just my privacy. Many MANY apps and services including googles require access to many things that the app has absolutely no reason to have. theres a dev in the market called FREE WING go download his persmissions apps named after specific permissions example: READ_PHONE_STATE, it shows you some of what that permission pulls from your phone such as your name, device ID, phone number, contacts, and more. SMS permission had not just the ability to "tell if i get a text" but has, and records, everything that was said, who sent it, and their numbers. or go get an app called "Denied permissions" it will show you how many each app has and break them down and explain a little of how they work. then use it to look at Google Docs app permissions. it shouldn't have the ability to change,delete, modify my account passwords, and that's just one of its BS permissions.
any facebook app that uses facebook to as an alternative log in gives that app by DEFAULT the ability to read my contacts, status, my FRIENDS status and apps they are using, where they also go, their photos, mine, and more (go to the apps privacy settings on facebook to find this stuff). my friends apps one THEIR phone have access to MY personal information, just because we are associated in facebook. NOT COOL! Facebook just told its game devs a couple days ago that they had like a week or something to change their games to prevent 3rd party apps that are associated with their games from accessing or keeping their patrons information while they play their games.
basically it comes down to my information can be accessed by places i didn't give the OK to or even have heard of. google shares information with apps. try reading the privacy polices for apps sometime (go read AppPack's - Highlight app and T-mobile Mall's app privacy policies). its like the fine print that no one ever reads in contracts or car advertisements. its there but no one takes the time.
google used to be a damn search engine. now they own android, google, Google Chrome OS (just came out), admob, and more. im ok with ads. and them having info i know i asked them to hold on to. I can't imagine what dirt someone could find on someone running for president in 10 years. dirty pics from when someone texted them when they were 25, 18, 16. or their online diary they kept for some reason. things they said on a forum, damn i couldn't imagine my old myspace stuff. some of that could get me in to trouble. i was a party animal at the time. ya see where i'm going? wouldn't have posted that stuff 10 years ago if i had known what i know now.
theres enough info of ours unintentionally online and accessible. go google yourself. they don't need my location to boot
don't believe any of this then take some time to read what you are saying ok to. some privacy policies are like when in those cartoons (devil and daniel mouse) the devil asks you to sign a contract in your own blood, but you forgot their was stuff written on the back page.
But you don't have a right to privacy.....you agreed to the terms and conditions of Google's use when you began using your phone. You signed those rights to privacy away when you signed that Google account into your phone (which, in fact is where the agreement to the terms and conditions lie). You installed Google docs and said "yeah, its okay if this app has access to these things." You update your Google apps every release of a new version. Apple is having issues with this yes, but that's because it was never previously a part of their terms, and they were doing it without customers knowledge. Google is not having issues, will not have issues, and presented all that information to you upfront when you signed up for your Google account, well within your buyer's remorse. Likewise, they do have an option to opt out of "Location services" during most device's initial setup procedures. I bet if anyone sued Google, they wouldn't even prepare a case. They'd refer the judge to the terms of your Google account or those permissions you were okay with.
Bottom line, Yes you have your right to privacy. But you can't give away those rights away to Google or Facebook or whoever then complain about it. Those terms and conditions aren't just there for show, they create them for these specific reasons. It'd be like If I gave you my social security number, checking account number, and address and then was shocked when my identity was stolen and went to file a police report. Working for T-Mobile, I hear these types of arguments on a daily basis, but let me just say it hasn't once changed a thing. Once you agree to them, you can't change your mind until the terms are changed and presented to you again.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. If you like privacy, DO NOT USE A SMARTPHONE. You see, I use a smartphone because I could give two ****s less what Google has access to in my phone. There are only 9 numbers I don't want anyone having access to and lets be honest. I highly doubt Google is stealing our SS #'s.
A link to google and it's work it does for the NSA and CIA. They are more than a company pushing Internet mobile ads. Do not do anything with your phone that you do not want recorded and handed over to the government.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/188581/the_googlensa_alliance_questions_and_answers.html
Remember what google and others did to to people yearning for freedom in China.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/15/technology/15cnd-internet.html
I was hoping that someone knows of an app that can alert me when my son installs or deletes an app. There are certain apps that I don't want him having access to, and it seems the trend I'm hearing from other parents is that the kids will install the apps when they are away from home and delete them before they get back. I think I found a couple spy apps that will monitor installed and deleted apps, but they also track the text messages and gps location etc... but I'd rather not pay a monthly fee. I don't want to spy on him necessarily, I just want to make sure he's not installing apps that he's not supposed to. If someone could point me in the right direction, that would be great!
Thanks!
Mike
Nah, I just pay the $5 a month for family base. Just tells me who my son is talking to, what apps he installs, and allows me to put time/data type restrictions when I feel it's appropriate. Doesn't show the actual texts or do location tracking. But I finally went with that because of the serious lack of parental controls. If my son wasn't stock I'd probably have tried out other apps.
I'm having a little trouble with an FPR.
I followed the RealTerm solution only to find out "Scan business card" which takes me to samsung's app store was removed and all external links are denied by "Security policy forbids yada yada".
However, I was able to worm my way into a webview. (No url bar btw)
I can go to RootJunky's bypass.apk located in his site however, it can't download.
I have a way to explore the internet, but I'm running out of ideas considering you can't remotely download apps on a device that you aren't logged into.
Does anyone have any bright ideas?
Edit: I was also thinking about handlers like intent://searchapp.goo.gl
If I could somehow create a hotlink to samsung apps, I think I could get away with it if it's not forbidden.
Does anyone know the handler for Samsung's playstore?
I could go right on this thread and click it if turned into a url handler if anyone has a clue
Why don't you log back into the phone with the account it is locked to?
nerdblaster said:
I'm having a little trouble with an FPR.
I followed the RealTerm solution only to find out "Scan business card" which takes me to samsung's app store was removed and all external links are denied by "Security policy forbids yada yada".
However, I was able to worm my way into a webview. (No url bar btw)
I can go to RootJunky's bypass.apk located in his site however, it can't download.
I have a way to explore the internet, but I'm running out of ideas considering you can't remotely download apps on a device that you aren't logged into.
Does anyone have any bright ideas?
Edit: I was also thinking about handlers like intent://searchapp.goo.gl
If I could somehow create a hotlink to samsung apps, I think I could get away with it if it's not forbidden.
Does anyone know the handler for Samsung's playstore?
I could go right on this thread and click it if turned into a url handler if anyone has a clue
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OK so this phone obviously does not belong to you. I really couldn't care less how you obtained it so no need to try and defend yourself on the action. However, is clear the device was either lost or stolen otherwise you could unlock it yourself.
With that being said, we do not allow discussion that pertains to circumventing the security feature in place to protect the rightful owner of the phone. I suggest you put the phone back in the lost and found or turn into the carrier that it came from.
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My banking app stopped working 30mins ago and after I nuked the data/cache and got it working again. I caught the app asking for new permissions that I don't believe it asked for before
telephoneManager/getSimOperatorName - in my case o2
settings.Secure.getstring/android_id - same as asking for the serial, why does my bank need this.
PackageManager.getindstalledPackages - wtf does it need to know what apps are on my personal phone?
NetworkInfo.getextrainfo - why does it need to know who my data provider is?
AdvertisingClient$Info.getid - why the actual f*** does a banking app or my bank need my advertising id.
TelephonyManager/getNetworkOperatorName - asking who my operator again, why.
Fabric.with/Kits - not quite sure what this is, cant find anything beyond its something to do with android SDK.
I am emailing my bank app support to see if I can get some straight answers, but in the meantime can someone tell me what "Fabric.with/Kits" is and why the app would be asking for this permission?
b1k3rdude said:
My banking app stopped working 30mins ago and after I nuked the data/cache and got it working again. I caught the app asking for new permissions that I don't believe it asked for before
telephoneManager/getSimOperatorName - in my case o2
settings.Secure.getstring/android_id - same as asking for the serial, why does my bank need this.
PackageManager.getindstalledPackages - wtf does it need to know what apps are on my personal phone?
NetworkInfo.getextrainfo - why does it need to know who my data provider is?
AdvertisingClient$Info.getid - why the actual f*** does a banking app or my bank need my advertising id.
TelephonyManager/getNetworkOperatorName - asking who my operator again, why.
Fabric.with/Kits - not quite sure what this is, cant find anything beyond its something to do with android SDK.
I am emailing my bank app support to see if I can get some straight answers, but in the meantime can someone tell me what "Fabric.with/Kits" is and why the app would be asking for this permission?
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Yes, seems like a lot of unnecessary permissions, I'd be suspicions also. Though they might be using those permissions to increase security by "fingerprinting" your phone, thus making it harder for someone to impersonate you, though you can change your advertisers ID on newer Android versions, so maybe not! Or app legitimately need that info for some other reason. Also app permission fall into 2 categories "normal" & "dangerous" you are not asked to approve normal ones only dangerous ones eg access to contacts, network access etc. I'm not a dev so not sure if they have been moved to a new category now & that is why you are seeing them now. Maybe permissions added by bank legitimately but on other hand seem excessive to me.
The Fabric one might be OK as fabric is a module framework that uses kits & is used by some developers to implement crashlytics etc, but guess some kits could be used maliciously. (Google are pushing devs form Fabric to Firebase)
But if suspicions give that app a scan with a good security app (not that this proves app is safe!) Try the Sophos security app, its free, might identify if malicious but also gives a nice summary of permissions granted to all your apps.