Guymon

Location Data

Natürlich sammelt nicht nur Apple Bewegungsdaten:

In the case of Google, according to new research by security analyst Samy Kamkar, an HTC Android phone collected its location every few seconds and transmitted the data to Google at least several times an hour. It also transmitted the name, location and signal strength of any nearby Wi-Fi networks, as well as a unique phone identifier.

Google declined to comment on the findings.

Two-factor Authentication

Google ermöglich eine two-factor authentication für google Accounts.

Once you enable 2-step verification, you’ll see an extra page that prompts you for a code when you sign in to your account. After entering your password, Google will call you with the code, send you an SMS message or give you the choice to generate the code for yourself using a mobile application on your Android, BlackBerry or iPhone device. The choice is up to you. When you enter this code after correctly submitting your password we’ll have a pretty good idea that the person signing in is actually you.

Ok, das ist für mich persönlich nicht so spannend da ich meinen gmail Account als Wegwerf Adresse verwende, aber vielleicht findet das ja Nachahmer.

daily links

• google-refine - Project Hosting on Google Code
  Google Refine is a power tool for working with messy data, cleaning it up, transforming it from one format into another, extending it with web services, and linking it to databases like Freebase.
• jQuery webcam plugin - Website and Application Intelligence
  This plugin provides three different modes to access a webcam through a small API directly with JavaScript - or more precisely jQuery. Thus, it is possible to bring the image on a Canvas (callback mode), to store the image on the server (save mode) and to stream the live image of the Flash element on a Canvas (stream mode). I
• Sidestep | Chetan Surpur
  When Sidestep detects you connecting to an unprotected wireless network, it automatically encrypts all of your Internet traffic and reroutes it through a secure connection to a server of your choosing, which acts as your Internet proxy. And it does all this in the background so that you don’t even notice it.
  With Sidestep enabled, no one can eavesdrop on your traffic and impersonate you or see what you’re seeing as you browse the web.

Videos von Google I/O

Ein Haufen Videos der Google I/O Konferenz gibt es hier.

Einige Videos die ich mir ansehen werde:

Google APIs - DeWitt Clinton, Jeff Scudder
This is an overview session about some of the many ways that a developer can enrich their site and more fully engage their visitors using Google products. We will cover a variety of products and APIs designed to quickly and easily improve and monetize your site, from AdSense and Custom Search to Feeds and Web Elements.

Google APIs - Michael Fink, Amit Weinstein
Google Charts Toolkit is Google’s unified approach for creating charts on the web. It provides a rich gallery spanning from pie charts to interactive heat-maps and from organizational trees to motion charts.

Google APIs, App Engine - Brett Bavar, Moishe Lettvin
We’re introducing two new APIs which you can use to power real-time web apps: the App Engine Channel API and the Feed API v2 with push updates. Learn how the new Channel API allows you to push data from your App Engine app to an end user’s browser.

Social Web - Brett Slatkin
This session will go over how to add support for the PubSubHubbub protocol to your website. You’ll learn how to turn Atom and RSS feeds into real-time streams. We’ll go over how to consume real-time data streams and how to make your website reactive to what’s happening on the web right now.

Datenweitergabe von Google

Keine Überraschung, aber zumindest mal offizielle Zahlen:

Erstmals räumt Google jetzt ein, dass es diese Daten auf Anfrage an Polizeien und Geheimdienste weltweit herausgibt, und zwar durchschnittlich

• 3mal täglich an deutsche Stellen
• 20mal täglich an US-amerikanische Stellen und
• 6mal täglich an britische Stellen.

Für Deutschland macht Google folgende Angaben für den Zeitraum 1. Juli 2009 bis 31. Dezember 2009:

• 458 data requests
• 188 removal requests

• 94.1% of removal requests fully or partially complied with.
• 7 Blogger (court order)
• 3 Blogger
• 4 Google Suggest (court order)
• 2 Google Video
• 1 Image Search (court order)
• 94 Web Search (court order)
• 4 Web Search
• 3 YouTube (court order)
• 70 YouTube

via daten-speicherung