Just had these here links passed onto me as I was thinking about installing an Android tablet/pad in my Jimny for the GPS etc.
Also applies to the smart phones that use the Android system as well.
RE The Android. My mate is a microsoft trained computer engineer and we were having an in-depth discussion about the Androids and using them with memory map, as he has just purchased the latest version of memory map (V5) for his netbook and I was thinking of getting one. He said the Android was very good. However there is a privacy issue problem with them due to them being powered by software, which is owned by Google. The Android record every single key press you can’t switch it off from doing that, so when you plug it onto the net to upgrade anything on it then Google gets automatically advised of everything you have used it for, including bank codes and passwords and any iffy websites you have been into. Google say they don’t use the data collected but it can be obtained and used by third party sources, more so if someone knicks it and hacks in for sensitive data. Google also say the location tracking, ie wherever you were whilst it was switched on, is an ‘opt in’ part of the software, but apparently it still records where you have been and whenever you pass a wifi access point it automatically uploads the data without your knowledge to Google. Also noted was that the UK, or other countries, government departments can access the data for their own use.
He advised me to type ‘Android Privacy’ into Google and look through what came up. I did that this morning and was glad he told me about it. After reading through some of the links I won’t be getting one now!
Except that those articles don't really say that it records every key stroke. They refer to three things, the first being that rogue or leaky applications can be snooped for key strokes, the second being that the wifi encryption tokens are left on the device which would allow apps to snoop data and thirdly that location information is shared.
For location information, your phone company has collected that as part of the cell records so they know where you are anyway.
For keystroke or wifi intercepting, this has been heavily achieved within the Microsoft world anyway! I was in a court case a few years ago where the Police forensics people showed what Microsoft had captured about an event on a PC inlcuing keystorks and timing of key strokes.
In simple terms, anything has its flaws from pen and paper through to the most sophisticated device so just be careful with them all.
With handheld devices just make sure they can be remotely erased so when you loose them that they can be "bricked".
Martin
2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses
I have a net book but don't know if to fit a tablet or the net book into the Jim.
I've read that Android are making an Ap so that you can put Memory Maps on your phone/tablet.
Oh, which to fit?
Net book will need GPS and a twig (wires)!
Tablet has GPS and a built in twig. (no wires)
I've got version 4 of Memory Map and have been using it in my other car on an iPaq 2210 for several years. But the screen is getting too small now that I'm getting older.
I'm hoping to use the Memory Map on a 10" tablet I've acquired which runs XP. It takes 12v DC which is dead handy, so I'll knock up a regulator circuit for it (my Jimny chucks out 14.5 volts when it gets excited). I'll be using a USB GPS - they don't take up much room. I don't want to do anything else with the tablet, so I'll turn the WiFi & other stuff off.
I quite like running xp. It's cr*p, but predictably so.
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