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Smartphones & Privacy

Smartphones & Privacy. Homero Martinez and Jose Juarez. History. IBM Simon, 1993 mobile phone, calendar, address book, world clock, calculator, note pad, e-mail client, send/receive fax , and games no physical buttons, touch screen with an optional stylus, keyboard

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Smartphones & Privacy

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  1. Smartphones & Privacy Homero Martinez and Jose Juarez

  2. History • IBM Simon, 1993 • mobile phone, calendar, address book, world clock, calculator, note pad, e-mail client, send/receive fax, and games • no physical buttons, touch screen with an optional stylus, keyboard utilized “predictive” text World’s 1st Smartphone

  3. History • Nokia Communicator Line, 1996 • collaboration between HP PDA and Nokia, distinctive palmtop computer style Smartphone • clamshell design, physical QWERTY keyboard, high-resolution display, and PDA user interfacefeaturing email communication and text-based web browsing. • Ericsson GS88, 1997 • the first device labelled as a “smartphone"

  4. History • Symbian OS • Ericsson R380 Smartphone, 2000 • first device to use an open operating system and the first phone to be marketed as a “smartphone” • combined PDA and mobile phone features with Internet services, but as small and light as a normal mobile phone • Popular Science called it one of the most important advances in science and technology • Nokia 9210 Communicator, 2000 • first color screen Nokia, open operating system • followed by 9500 Communicator which included a camera and Wi-Fi

  5. History • Palm & Blackberry • Palm, Kyocera 6035, 2001 • firstsmartphone to gain widespread use in the United States but never spread beyond North America • BlackBerry, 2002 • The BlackBerryevolved into the first smartphone optimized for wireless email use and had achieved a total customer base of about 32 million subscribers by December 2009

  6. History • iPhone • Apple iPhone • in 2007, first mobile phone to use a multi-touch interface, notable for its use of a large touchscreen for direct finger input as its main means of interaction, instead of a stylus, keyboard, and/or keypad, which were the typical input methods for other smartphones at the time • second generation iPhone introduced in 2008 along with App Store which would be extremely succssful and copied by its competitors • iPhone 4 released in 2010 followed by iPhone 4S in October 2011, making it the most advanced iPhone to date

  7. History • Android OS, 2008 • an open-source platform backed by Google, along with major hardware and software developers (Intel, Motorola,Samsung, etc…), that form the Open Handset Alliance. • first phone to use Android was the HTC Dream which integrated with Google’s proprietary applications like Maps, Calendar, and Gmail • third-party apps are available via the Android Market

  8. Future of Smartphones?

  9. Privacy Issues • Smartphones bring convenience but may also bring unnoticed privacy risks. • Fewer than 4 in 10 smartphone users said they felt they had control over the personal information sent from their phone. • Apps can unknowingly send personal information/location. • Photo’s taken can include geo-location. • 2011 Federal prosecutors launched an investigation on Pandora and other developers.

  10. Example 1 • In 2010 it is discovered that Apple was collecting and storing data about where you’ve been over the past year. • Why? To get your location, first the iPhone pulls from Apple’s database containing previously stored information about nearby cell towers and Wi-Fi spots to quickly triangulate your location, and then finally the GPS chip analyzes how long it takes satellite signals to reach the device in order to pinpoint location. • Problems with this? The data is sent from your phone every 12 hours once it has no benefit to the customer. If you’re phone is lost or stolen, somebody could find out where you live by looking at an uprotected .db file.

  11. Example 2 • Flaw in Android’s OS allows thieves to “sniff” authentication tokens. • If “sniff” a person can use this token to access person’s contacts, calendar and other services. • Tokens can be valid for up to 2 weeks. • Problem said to be resolved by OS update.

  12. Example 3 • 2010, Mythbusters, Adam Savage takes picture of vehicle in front of house. Also reveals the location of his house.

  13. Example 4 • Bank of America app requesting to have access to your contacts. • Why? To make it easier to do a person-to-person payment. • Many people were not happy with this. • Many other apps for other phones do the samething.

  14. Ethical analysis • Should companies/app developers have access to your personal information? • If so how much is too much?

  15. Conclusion and Questions?

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