I'm still a bit unsure about the idea of putting all my passwords in one place with this one. I wish mileage programs would allow the use of read only codes.
While it doesn't help with the mobile app, at least AwardWallet gives you the choice of whether to store the password within their system or locally on your own machine. The latter of course prevents you from checking other locations. Also to note - when updating all, Wyndham now forces AwardWallet to pause and prompt me with a security question. So that's an option other programs could consider. Though I hate security questions since they're easily guessed if you know someone anyway.
Misdirection is the key to avoid that problem... Security questions used to be fine and good before the social network revolution and before Google started indexing every detail of your life. Nowadays even if you're not on facebook it turns out your cousin has a picture of you and your favorite dog from when you were 6 years old. That's why until everyone gets onboard with decent two (or more) factor authentication, go ahead and fill up the security questions... but do what I do and lie. Mother's maiden name? Hubert Farnsworth. High school mascot? The Duke of Cornwall. Impenetrable security... as long as you remember the answers.
Perhaps. But then your SecurID token will be compromised by an RSA breach. It frustrates people off but I've actually advocated three factor including a biometric option - but that has to include more than one biometric method since not everyone can do every single method, be it retinal, voice or finger/handprint. Nice. What credit cards do you have? I'm going to go play!
Back on Android Apps topic: My favorite gallery app is QuickPic. Been using it for a while now and it's what the Android gallery should have been.
People are upset enough when you require them to do two-factor with banking... I'm like "but it's your damn money... shouldn't you care if someone tries to steal it?" The RSA breach is downplayed but it's a very big deal for financials... I know almost everyone is replacing their hard pre-breach tokens with new ones and evaluating the security of soft ones. Either way, sometimes it takes something big and bad to happen before people realize that they don't have enough security in place. And that's the other piece of the puzzle...
Except, strangely, my particular employer. Or it least it hasn't been communicated yet. Maybe it is happening, who knows. I'm so busy with audit, compliance, patching as well as process documentation that I probably miss anything not directly related to those.
[offtopic] Rooting and tethering is more secure than tether.com on BlackBerry. When I last used tether.com, it routed all of my traffic through one of their servers. With root+tether, your traffic exits your mobile provider and directly onto the Internet. Root+tether means one less company in the middle of my stream of data, and lower latency to boot.
I should have been more clear. My "a tad less secure this way" was directly aimed at direct tethering over WiFi versus a cable tether (without the Tether.com app either way, as I know the issues involved though I've also never heard of any problems). Specifically as it relates to the rooted WiFi hotspot app, on my particular phone it can't be secured even with basic WEP. Unless there's an update but I haven't checked in ages since I haven't needed to tether in many months either.
This has been fixed in newer versions of the broadcom driver and android-wifi-tether app since late last year; you should now able to do WPA2 Personal.
On my D2G, in January, it would not work. Using 2.06. I suppose I will try 2.07 and 3.1 beta later to confirm.
Google Maps latest version on Android now allows map caching, just in time for my next trip! Update your Google Maps, the go into Labs to activate it. Once activated, when you click on a places flag you'll get an option to "Download map area" at the very bottom (you may need to click on 'More Options' to see it). This will cache an area 10 square miles around the place you're viewing. Nice!
Let me know how this works out for you. This is one of those features that will allow me to use mine when I go. Damn VZ and CDMA.
FlightAware came out with an android app. FlightAware is my favorite flight tracking site, so the app is a nice addition. I'm also surprised no one seems to have mentioned that Dropbox has a most useful android app as well. Great for uploading files on the go to transfer to your computer later, or pulling files you need while away.
I've used this but run into some interesting "quirks" - like an inability to read certain files (like *.rtf which have to be converted to word files).
Wow - how did I miss this. I'm going to give it a try in a few minutes. I bought city2go in order to do this, but hope google is better.
I am looking forward to a complete migration from Blackberry to Android- and this forum is only making things sound better and better. Thanks!
I've been using the Map Area Caching quite a bit, and it's great. The only downside is that the cache expires after some time (I think after 30 days). I wish there was a way to preserve the cache for some time, or set it to re-download the same cached area after 30 days. There are some areas I'd like permanently cached.
Another handy Android feature I've found is creating a Maps Shortcut on the home screen. If you long-press the home screen, you can create a shortcut, select Directions & Navigation. The menu will open and you can select a specific location address--great if you just want a quick way to find your way home from wherever you are. Or, you can just enter a generic location name (like "Starbucks" or "Gas Station", "ATM") and it will find those close to wherever you are. It's very handy to just tap one icon and get where you need to go.
Can you explain how to activate it in labs? I have gone into labs and find maps but i do not see any area that seems to apply. checking android in labs does not go to maps.
