[android-developers] Re: Designing a barcode app which doesnt sign your life away
Anyone notice how this subject matter has suddenly become a supposedly hot topic in the media recently with continuous time given on all channels on TV to the recent revelation that the iPhone stores all sorts of personal data in a hidden file on the iPhone! With whole countries like South Korea suddenly being spurred to take action to see if Apple doing this is illegal, to me, the only surprising bit was that the file is apparently unused.. No one seems to have noticed that the Google user agreement demands that you let them do this and much more before you can use an Android phone for lots of non-google apps as I suggested in the OP. As I have suggested, I dont know why, but I have no problem with my carrier doing this but somehow it seems odd for Google to remind you / demand constantly that you let them do this every time you install a new non-google app. Anyway it is I suppose reassuring that you can obviously turn this off. Most of the context of all this is in the field of private banking where these smartphones are being used for all sorts of REALLY sensitive information and they are quite easy to hack into: I wonder if the answer to any of this lies here: http://www.pinoyview.com/video/c9739347688571d/Privacy-Enhancing-Technologies-for-Mobile-Applicationssource=videovgc=rssusg=AFQjCNERCDN6o1giryxTIMnGGlsReHBLLw On Mar 31, 9:51 pm, lbendlin l...@bendlin.us wrote: to (half) answer your original question - you can disable data services in your phone settings. Settings...Wireless and networks...Mobile network settings...uncheck Data enabled -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Designing a barcode app which doesnt sign your life away
Interesting and it proves both what I was saying about using those facts in court and how productive you can be and how much ground you can cover when there arent any speed limits on the roads. There dont appear to be any white bits while he is in the air. (It isnt really off topic although what I was asking about was the google legal warning about them doing this, - and while you arent using their apps) On Mar 30, 9:48 pm, lbendlin l...@bendlin.us wrote: This is slightly off topic but here's a nice little story from Germany http://www.zeit.de/datenschutz/malte-spitz-data-retention -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Designing a barcode app which doesnt sign your life away
to (half) answer your original question - you can disable data services in your phone settings. Settings...Wireless and networks...Mobile network settings...uncheck Data enabled -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Designing a barcode app which doesnt sign your life away
On Mar 28, 11:24 pm, lbendlin l...@bendlin.us wrote: oh, and Barcode Scanner v3.53 in the Android market is not using location at all. Interestingly enough it was barcode scanner 3.53 which prompted me to put out this thread precisely because it felt it necessary to put out a strong legal warning mandating that I let google track me even when the app is off in future (even though I know full well that it can get my location just by looking to the location of the cell tower I am using). Now I learn that it doesnt even do network location! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Designing a barcode app which doesnt sign your life away
This is slightly off topic but here's a nice little story from Germany http://www.zeit.de/datenschutz/malte-spitz-data-retention -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Designing a barcode app which doesnt sign your life away
Very refreshing. You may want to read up on how cellular networks work. Google is just a third party in that game. The cellco-s know pretty well where you are, even if your phone is on standby, and even if you have declined Google's request. Don't want to be tracked? Don't use a cellphone. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Designing a barcode app which doesnt sign your life away
oh, and Barcode Scanner v3.53 in the Android market is not using location at all. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Designing a barcode app which doesnt sign your life away
If you decline, network location won't be enabled at all It's just disabled on the device itself. The carrier can still track you if they want or have a warrant to do so. There's no way except turning the device off or sticking the thing in a Faraday cage to stop that. As another poster mentioned, if you don't want to be tracked, just don't carry a cell phone. It's that simple. -John Coryat -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Designing a barcode app which doesnt sign your life away
It's not specific to the app. It's something that comes on when you enable network location. Google wants to collect anonymous location data. If you decline, network location won't be enabled at all. Nathan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
