[android-developers] Re: Designing a barcode app which doesnt sign your life away

2011-04-25 Thread DManzaluni
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

[android-developers] Re: Designing a barcode app which doesnt sign your life away

2011-03-31 Thread DManzaluni
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

[android-developers] Re: Designing a barcode app which doesnt sign your life away

2011-03-31 Thread lbendlin
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

[android-developers] Re: Designing a barcode app which doesnt sign your life away

2011-03-30 Thread DManzaluni
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

[android-developers] Re: Designing a barcode app which doesnt sign your life away

2011-03-30 Thread lbendlin
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] Re: Designing a barcode app which doesnt sign your life away

2011-03-28 Thread lbendlin
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. --

[android-developers] Re: Designing a barcode app which doesnt sign your life away

2011-03-28 Thread lbendlin
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

[android-developers] Re: Designing a barcode app which doesnt sign your life away

2011-03-28 Thread Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)
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

[android-developers] Re: Designing a barcode app which doesnt sign your life away

2011-03-28 Thread Nathan
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