wired :Android devices could be giving up your location without you knowing

Android devices could be giving up your location without you knowing

Android apps can track a user's location and glean potentially private, personal information – such as where you work or live – just by monitoring the internal sensors.More importantly, they can do this without ever needing access to a device's GPS or Wi-Fi permissions.ADVERTISEMENTResearchers from the College of Computer and Information Science at Northeastern University say that the findings are particularly significant as tracking user routes and locations doesn't require any active permissions as the apps are installed, meaning users would never know this was possible.

Salesforce to drop support for all Android devices except Samsung and Nexus

Salesforce has announced that, from October, it will only support the Salesforce1 app for Android on Samsung and Nexus hardware.The company announced that as of the Winter '17 release for its Salesforce1 app, currently slated for release October 2016, it " will no longer provide technical support, bug fixes or enhancements for Salesforce1 issues" for the following devices:iPhone 5iPhone 5CiPad Mini 2iPad Mini 3iPad 4All Android phones except for Samsung Galaxy S5, S6 and S7; Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and Google Nexus 5X and Google Nexus 6PAll Android tablets except for Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 and the Samsung Tab A 9.7While the withdrawal of support for older iOS devices is expected, the change in relation to Android comes as quite a surprise.Following the Winter '17 release, the Salesforce1 downloadable app and the mobile browser app will continue to function on the unsupported devices, but the company will no longer offer support.

QuadRooter vulnerabilities leaves 900 million Android devices at risk of attack

QuadRooter vulnerabilities leaves 900 million Android devices at risk of attackOver 900 million Android smartphones and tablets are vulnerable to cyberattacks, as they contain a set of four vulnerabilities dubbed QuadRooter.These flaws were found in devices that use Qualcomm chipsets, Check Point revealed at this year's DEF CON 24 Hacking Conference in Las Vegas.It stated that if any of the four vulnerabilities are exploited by cybercriminals, it can give them access to smartphones and tablets.