[research paper] I need your help

Research_Amadeus · L Plate Warrior Joined: 07 Aug 2018 Karma :

Hello everyone out there in this world wide web,

I'm a german student and currently writing my researh paper about "apps and data security". To make it a little bit more interesting (and to narrow it down) I specialized in navigation-/ tracking apps for motorbikes - and here is why I need your help because you are the ones that know things about this.

So if you have a spare 5 minutes I kindly ask you to answer this questionaire so I could rock this paper.
[url]https://www.umfrageonline.com/s/cfd6a31[/url]

Thanks and just the best,
Amadeus

Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Your survey needs rewriting cos that one is crap. Laughing

It takes closer to five seconds to fill out than five minutes. Wink

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DrSnoosnoo · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Mar 2012 Karma :

I did the questionnaire. Here's what you'd gain from my response:

I don't want to give unnecessary permissions or personal data for an app that does navigation. Just the bare minimum, such as my location and an email address if it insists I must log in.

But then I would ask, why would the app need me to log in at all? Is the app sending my location data to an external source? what are they doing with this data? Why not just use Google maps?

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That was it?
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Nobby the Bastard · Harley Gaydar Joined: 16 Aug 2013 Karma :

Enjoy the fact that I would give permission to a GPS app to have my daughter's hand in marriage.
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Lord Percy · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Aug 2012 Karma :

A navigation app just needs your location and possibly some saved postcodes for home, work, or favourite places.

None of that needs a login, just a really basic save file kept in the folder that the OS specifically has set aside for when apps want to save data.

Unless written by a moron or a person with an ulterior motive, navigation apps shouldn't have any data security risks at all. The only risk is in the part where passwords are entered, if for some reason logins are required (but why???).

If you want to write about data security, surely it's better to look at banking, finance or social networking/chat apps.