Ajay Shetty: Mobile Anti Theft System (MATS)
Ajay Shetty: Mobile Anti Theft System (MATS)
Ajay Shetty: Mobile Anti Theft System (MATS)
Ajay Shetty
1032499
Feng Dong
2011/12
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Abstract
Mobile Anti-Theft system is an application based on Android used for tracing back
stolen or lost mobile. Once our system is installed onto a mobile phone and an alternate
number is fed into the software (ATS). The owners SIM card gets registered in the database.
Whenever phone is rebooted ATS is invoked in stealth mode and verifies whether if the SIM
card present in mobile phone is of owner. If the SIM belongs to owner (registered in
database), the software doesn’t do any activity. If SIM is been changed and that SIM is not
registered in the database then, ATS sends a message to the alternative mobile number
(friends / relatives number which is been saved while installing the application) in stealth
mode and starts listening for incoming SMS messages. Now if owner send a SMS request to
ATS asking for GPS co-ordinates, ATS would do so. Since our system is based on GOOGLE
Android operating system our system would send the complete address (postal address) as to
where the mobile is.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to express my gratitude and thanks to my project supervisor Feng Dong,
Who helped me by being a mentor along with supervisor throughout the project period with
his valuable suggestions and comments.
I would like to thank University of Bedfordshire for providing resources and facilities
throughout my course work.
I would also like to extend my gratitude to Dr Fiaz Hussain project coordinator for
guiding throughout the project.
Finally I like to express and extend my gratitude to the entire teaching, support staff
and to all my friends who helped me to complete my thesis on time.
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Table of Contents
1. Preamble 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Aim and Objectives 1
1.3 Literature Survey 1
1.3.1 What Androids are made of 2
1.3.2 Stuff At your Disposal 3
1.3.3 Why Android 3
1.4 Motivation 4
1.5 Statement of the problem 4
1.5.1 Problem definition 5
1.5.2 Problem explanation 5
1.6 Objective of the study 5
1.7 Limitations and enhancements of study 5
1.8 Organization of the report 6
2. System requirements and specifications 7
2.1 Purpose of this document 7
2.2 General description 7
2.2.1 Users and their characteristics 7
2.2.2 Product perspective 8
2.2.3 Overview of functional requirements 8
2.2.4 Overview of data requirement 8
2.2.5 General constraints, assumptions dependencies, guidelines 9
2.2.6 User view of product 9
2.2.7 Hardware and Software requirements 9
3. System design description 10
3.1 Preliminary design 10
3.1.1 Layout of the system 10
3.1.2 About technology 11
3.1.3 Design considerations 13
3.2 Architectural strategies 13
3.2.1 The modules of the system 14
3.2.2 Interfaces 14
3.2.3 Dataflow diagrams 14
3.3 Detail system design 16
3.3.1 Use case diagram 16
3.3.2 DFD 17
3.3.3 E-R diagram 19
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4. Implementation 20
4.1 Database module implementation 20
4.2 Core module implementation 23
4.3 Communication module implementation 24
4.4 Manifest File 26
5. Testing 28
5.1 Testing process 28
5.2 Testing objectives 28
5.3 Levels of testing 29
5.3.1 Unit testing 29
5.3.2 Integration testing 29
5.3.3 System testing 30
6. Conclusion and future work 32
References
Appendix
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CHAPTER 1
PREAMBLE
1.1 Introduction
In today’s world cell phones play a very important role in everyone’s life? It provides
multiple options like voice and video conversation, GPS tracking system, multimedia and
internet usage. Radio signals are constantly being broadcasted by cell phones and hence can
trace a lost mobile. Mobile phone tracking system technology can be deployed in any GSM
supported handsets. All cell phones constantly send signals to its nearest towers hence it is
been possible to track a lost phone accurately. (Android, 2010)
Mobile Anti Theft System (MATS) is a project which is based on GPS satellite
tracking system which is been used by cars and road transport industry from years (Hou Rui,
2012). GSM phone tracking is likely to show the radius in which the phone is located but not
the exact place and even accuracy depends on factors like network coverage, landscape and
weather conditions also. When we couple GPS with Google maps the postal address of the
lost mobile can be found accurately.
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It was primarily developed by Android Inc., soon after Google purchased it and
currently Open Handset Alliance. It allows developers to write codes in Java language and
the devices are controlled using Java libraries developed by Google. Google released most of
its android code using Apache License which is a free software and open source license.
(Shaun Whitehead, 2007)
Android devices are mostly mobile phones based. Android technology can be used in
other areas as well like PCs, car dashboards but mostly it is being used in phones right now
(Android Developers, 2007). In recent years mobile phones are capable of providing internet
access because of the trend like text messaging and Apple’s Iphone products. These days
smart phone which supports internet access is gaining more popularity. So it makes more
interesting working with android applications, which is an interesting technology as well as
fast moving market segment. (Milano, 2011)
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Intents
System messages which run inside the device, various applications notification such
as hardware changes like SD card inserted, notifications of incoming data like SMS arrived
and even application events are called as Intents. It doesn’t only allow you to respond to such
intents but also to initiate other activities or let know when particular event occurs such as
suggest WIFI availability when in range. (Murphy, 2008)
Services
All the above stated Activities, intent receivers and content providers are all short
term and can be terminated any time whereas services are intended to run continuously
independent of other activities such as play music while using other applications, in here
music controlling is no longer available but the service keep running in the background.
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Freedom to innovate
Android OS is an open source platform which is based on Linux kernel and
other open source libraries. Moreover are free to build applications which runs on
android devices and even free to extend platform as well. (Grell, 2010)
Freedom to collaborate
Android developers are encouraged to share code with others and they don’t
even have to sign an NDA to do this. According to a survey conducted by Black Duck
Software, the amount of open source libraries and mobile applications grew at a rate
of 168% faster on Android compared to any other platform from year 2008-2009.
(Grell, 2010)
Multi-platform support
Android OS are supported on several different hardware devices including
various phones and tablets.
Multi-carrier support
Android powered smart phones are offered by most of the carrier services.
1.4 Motivation
Almost every owner of a costly mobile handset fears the nightmare of losing his
mobile phone. We have come across many middle class people losing costly mobiles and
unable to get back the same even with the help of police officers. And in INDIA there is no
system in place to help such people. Seeing their plight and the upcoming android platform
which promises to be present on ever upcoming handset
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We proposed to add a functionality later wherein the owner of the mobile can retrieve
his data stored on the mobile via internet and can add or delete his personal data on
the phone
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CHAPTER 2
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS
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Relative of owner can request for location as well even though the mobile is lost or
not, he acts as a master to our MATS system. Suppose in a scenario wherein the thief hasn’t
changed the SIM relative can request for location etc.
Thief changes the SIM of mobile phone as soon as possible and reboots the system.
On reboot our system is triggered then intimation is sent to relative.
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SYSTEM DESIGN DESCRIPTION
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in which we can select the specific user whose location has to be retrieved. The third sub
module is to establish a connection between the login page and the home page. Last sub
module is to retrieve the location of a specific user from the server and to display it.
The web service module consists of four sub modules. The first sub module is
hosting the web application to the server. Second sub module is to obtain the latitude and
longitude values from the mobile phones and store it in the database of the server. Third sub
module is to convert the obtained values from the mobile phone using XML. Next module is
to send the location of a specific user as requested to the system user.
The mobile application module consists of four sub modules. The first module is the
designing of the login page. Second module is to get and set the username and password. The
third module is to design a timer which will refresh after every 5 minutes. The final module is
to update the latitude and longitude values to the server every 5 minutes.
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developers in this 20th century and used widely in web applications and application software.
(Danny B. Lange, 1998)
XML
“XML (Extensible Mark-up Language) consists of set of rules for encoding
documents electronically and is defined in XML 1.0 Specification formed by W3C, all gratis
open standards.” (Tim Bray, 2006)
XML’s aims are to lay emphasis on usability, generality, and simplicity over the
Internet. XML is written in textual data format, and supported via Unicode. Even though
XML’s designs focuses on documents, it’s broadly used for representing arbitrary data
structures, such as web services. (Tim Bray, 2006)
GOOGLE MAPS API
Google Maps are the basic web mapping service technology and application provided
by Google, free of cost for non commercial use which powers map based services which
includes Google Maps, Google Transit, Google Ride Finder and maps which are embedded
on third-party applications via Google Maps API. (Victor Matos, 2010)
It offers services like street maps, navigation planner for travelling from source to
destination by foot, car or any public transport and even helps in locating shops, restaurants ,
cinema and many other across the world.
SQLLITE DATABASE
SQLlite system is a relatively small c programming library. The source code for
SQLlite is available in public domain. SQLlite is inbuilt in android operating system.
GPRS
GPRS technology is most commonly used to transfer data (information) through
wireless network. GPRS can be found most commonly these days in smart phones, mini
computers, PDA’s which enables to access email, websites and other internet related
information. With the help of GPRS anyone can access internet anywhere to enjoy their
favourite sites as well as applications like Facebook, twitter, Skype and even multimedia like
music videos, games and many more. (Reynolds, 2008)
GPRS is packet based technology which means data is transferred over the network as
a series of “packets “on numerous paths rather than using a permanent bit-stream on a
dedicated line like dial-up. In GPRS technology when packets are sent through a network it
splits into separate information from the source and are reassembled correctly on receiving
end. (Reynolds, 2008)
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GPS
GPS (Global Positioning System) is a satellite-based routing structure made up of a
24 satellites network placed in the orbit by U.S. Department of Defence. It was initially
proposed for military applications, but government announced availability of system for
civilian use in 1980’s. GPS works anywhere in the world in any weather conditions 24/7. No
setup charges or subscription fees to use GPS. (Elliott D. Kaplan, 2006)
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3.2.2 Interfaces
The web application module is being authenticated and it is hosted on the web server
module. Similarly the mobile application module also be hosted on to the web server module.
On receiving the input from the mobile application module the web server module processes
and thus the output is displayed in the web application module
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which transform data from one form to another, external entities which sends information
onto a system and from the system and dataflow i.e. route in which data flows. Notations
used in data flow model symbolize data movements, data storage and functional processing
between the functions. These models describe the way data goes during sequence of steps.
Transformation of data is done at each step before going to next stage. These transformation
or processing steps are program functions whereas data flow models are used in documenting
a system design.
With the help of data flow model any user can understand how system operates,
accomplished and implemented. To design more efficient system old dataflow models can be
compared with new dataflow models drawn. Dataflow models are used to help the end user
understand the whole system and how and where their data is being utilized. Various
modelling rules are kept in mind while developing any DFD which are as follows:
Each process should contain one data for flow in and flow out.
Every process should transform the data which is incoming and produce new form of
data which is going out.
Every data which is stored must involve in one data flow at least.
External entity should be concerned with one data flow at least.
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From the above use case diagram we know that the owner can register the details in
the database when software is installed and at any point can retrieve the details and if
necessary can change it accordingly and relative receives SMS, GPS co-ordinates and postal
address whenever the change of SIM is done and thief doesn’t play a role in this but he is
related with changing SIM and rebooting as soon it’s done, relative of the owner will get the
details accordingly.
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3.3.2 DFD
Foreground
Foreground is nothing but what user interface of this application includes. Whenever
the user invokes the application it asks for login and if the user is new then it asks to create
account. After creating account user can provide all the details and never open the application
again and if necessary then he can access it using the login details and only the owner can
change the details if necessary. And the application will run on every boot without the users
knowledge.
Background
The actual process running in the background is not known to the user. He just enters
the details requires and saves the application. Whenever the system is rebooted the process
checks for the saved IMSI and if it’s same as the stored then it doesn’t start any events. In
case if the IMSI stored is not same as current IMSI the application will act and series of
events will occur without the knowledge or without giving any hint it sends SMS to the
alternative number stored by the owner.
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CHAPTER 4
IMPLEMENTATION
Implementation means to carry out or to put into effect. The implementation phase of
the system of any software is to obtain source code from the design specifications.
Implementation becomes necessary to obtain source code and related internal documentation
required to understand the system and be demonstrated easily. Documentation and code is
written in a way so that testing, debugging and modification become easy.
Post-implementation is nothing but an evaluation in which we can verify that
objectives of the project is met completely and to check if actual cost of the project does not
go beyond initial evaluation. It can be even stated as review about the problems which need
to be converted for the success of the project.
Once implementation and conversion is done, review is conducted to check whether
the system meets all the expectations and is changed if any improvements are required. Post
implementation also measures performance of the system against pre-determined necessities
and also checks if any modification or re-design necessary.
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Errors like full disk or bad permission may occur and can cause fail of operation but if
problem is fixed future attempts can be made to call open (). (GrepCode)
A.1.2 close ()
public synchronized void close()
It is used to close the database which is already open so that resources are released.
(GrepCode)
A.1.3 createNote(name,password,imsi,phoneNo.)
public long insert (String table, String nullCoumnHack, ContentValues values)
This is user defined function which is used to create an entry in the database.
(GrepCode)
Parameters
A.1.4 deleteNote(id)
public int delete (String table, String whereClause, String[] whereArgs)
This is user defined function is used to delete an entry in the database. Convenient
method in database for deleting rows.
Parameters
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Returns
“Number of rows affected if a whereClause is passed in, 0 otherwise. To remove all
rows and get a count pass "1" as the whereClause.” (Android Developers, 2007)
A.1.5 fetchNote(id)
public Cursor query (String table, String[] columns, String selection, String[] selectionA
rgs, String groupBy,String having, String orderBy)
User defined function which is used to fetch an entry from the database. Queries the
table given and returns the cursor on result set.
Parameters
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A.2.2 validate()
This function validates the user input checks for null values.
A.2.3 init()
This function initializes views of user interface view means buttons, textbox etc.
A.2.4 onClickListener()
This interface listens for the button click event and performs the action specified.
A.2.5 btnSubmit
This button when clicked calls the function storeIntoDb() through the interface
onClickListener() which store data present in the views.
A.2.6 btnCancel
This button when clicked cancels the activity and closes the application.
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A.3.2 onReceive()
public abstract void onReceive (Context context, Intent intent)
When Intent broadcast is being received by a BroadcastReciever, this process will be
called. During this moment the present result values on BroadcastReciever can be
viewed/modified using other methods. Long-run operations should never be performed
because functions are called in the main thread of the process (system allows 10 seconds
timeout before considering blocking of the receiver and killing the candidate).
If <receiver> tag is used to launch BroadcastReciever, object dies immediately after
returning from the function. So no operations should be performed which returns the result
asynchronously. So in order to interact with services, instead of using bindService(Intent,
ServiceConnection, int) we can use startService(Intent) to interact with already running
service. We also use peekService(Content, Intent) (Developers, Android).
Parameters
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A.3.4 startActivity()
public abstract void startActivity (Intent intent)
It launches an activity. No information will be received of the activity when it exists.
Note, if it’s been called outside Activity Context, then FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK
launch flag should be included with the intent. (Andriod developers)
If no activity exists for given Intent then its throws ActivityNotFound Exception.
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<application> tag
This is a container tag which defines the application components viz services,
activities, receivers, content providers and permissions.
<service> tag
Service is declared as application components. Services doesn’t have visual user
interface like activities. These services run in background or as a rich API which can be
called by other applications. In manifest file all the services should be represented the one
which are not tagged will not run at all.
<activity> tag
Activity is a part of the visual user interface which implements parts of the
application. Same as service it should be represented in manifest file or else will not be run.
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<receiver> tag
It declares broadcast receiver as application components. These receivers allow
applications to accept intents which are broadcasted by system or any other applications, even
if other components are not running,
This can be done in 2 ways either by declaring it in manifest file or by dynamically
creating receiver in code and registering with Context.registerReceiver() method.
<uses-permission> tag
This tag is used to get permission in order to correct operation of any application.
These permissions are granted while installing a application not when it’s running already.
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CHAPTER 5
TESTING
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modules are checked after every partly integrated system is combined. Integration testing
mainly checks for interfaces between units. (John Watkins, 2011)
Module dependency graph is the most significant factor which monitors the
integration plan. The way of different modules calling each other in an order explains the
module dependency graph. Structured chart is also a form of module dependency graph. So
we can develop integration plan based on structure chart using any of the following
approaches.
Big-bang approach.
Top-down approach.
Bottom-up approach.
Mixed approach.
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working of the system. (Glenford J. Myers, 2012) System testing is usually performed on
system test machines in simulated environments like VMware. System is provided to the user
for entry validations and the values are provided to ensure the correctness at each and every
stage. The values are provided to user to make sure he doesn’t enter unrelated data. These
tests are done to make sure it produces correct outputs. All the output was checked and was
found to be correct. After checking for all the tests, sessions are conducted for feedback and
sent finally for acceptance test. Finally system gets accepted and is checked with live data.
There are actually 3 different kinds of system testing they are
Alpha testing- This type of testing is actually carried out by a test team related
with organization
Beta testing- This type of testing is carried out by a selected group of
customers.
Acceptance testing- This test is carried out by the customer to decide whether
to accept the system delivery or not.
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Snapshot of the virtual machine in which mobile anti-theft system is running. In here
we enter the alternative number and we even have the option of email also wherein not only
the message to the mobile but also email will be sent.
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Snapshot of the Mobile Anti Theft System (MATS) after installing in a Android based
phone. Here we can add the contact and email address of the recipient (friend/ relative) who
gets the details if the SIM is changed.
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Mobile Anti Theft System (MATS) is a project which is based on GPS satellite
tracking system which is been used by cars and road transport industry from years. GSM
phone tracking is likely to show the radius in which the phone is located but not the exact
place and even accuracy depends on factors like network coverage, landscape and weather
conditions also. When we couple GPS with Google maps the postal address of the lost mobile
can be found accurately.
To recover lost mobile phones thus creating a fear psyche in thieves that they cannot
get away with mobile phones. Monetizing by helping poor chaps who cannot afford to lose a
cell phone.
LITERATURE SURVEY
Android is a new and very user friendly operating system for mobile devices which
includes key applications, middleware and even uses Linux Kernel modified version.
It was primarily developed by Android Inc., soon after Google purchased it and
currently Open Handset Alliance. It allows developers to write codes in Java language and
the devices are controlled using Java libraries developed by Google. Google released most of
its android code using Apache License which is a free software and open source license.
Existing system
Existing systems send only SMS about SIM details and GPS co-ordinates when theft is
detected.
Proposed system
On theft detection our system would send an SMS to the owner alerting him of the
phone number of the thief without the knowledge of thief in stealth mode.
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Then our system would retrieve GPS co-ordinates from satellites and then send a
second SMS. Then MATS (Mobile Anti theft system) would connect to internet and send
those GPS co-ordinates to GOOGLE MAPs and then using google maps API, it would
retrieve the postal address and send it as an SMS.
This functionality is not found on any of the existing anti-theft system.
After I phone this is the rage in US markets. Lately it’s catching up in INDIA; many
handset manufacturers are porting this OS for their handsets, which means that our system
will be needful on these handsets. Chinese are implementing this OS which again means in
increased user base. Application development is using java language which is powerful.
The kernel of the OS is derived from Linux.
ECLIPSE IDE
“Eclipse is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and an extensible plug-in
system which is primarily written in Java and Java applications can be created using this”
(Burnette, 2005) Using plug-ins it can be written in other languages also like COBOL, C,
C++, PHP and many others. The IDE can be called as Eclipse PDT for PHP, Eclipse JDT for
java and Eclipse CDT for C. (Burnette, 2005)
Eclipse is open source and free software that can be used for multi-language software
development. Initially the code was derived from Visual age. Default form of eclipse is meant
for java developers which consisted of Java Development Tools (JDT).
JAVA
“Java is a programming language developed originally by James Gosling at Sun
Microsystems which was released in 1995 as core component of Sun Microsystems under
Java platform.” (Danny B. Lange, 1998)
The syntax of java is derived from C and C++ and has a simpler object model and
intermediate byte code which can be run on any Java Virtual Machine (JVM) independent of
the architecture. It is a “write once and run anywhere” code so can be run on any machine
which has java in it which means platform independent. Java is a general purpose object
oriented, concurrent and class based model and is developed specially to have very less
implementation dependencies possible. Java is the language which is attracted by many
developers in this 20th century and used widely in web applications and application software.
(Danny B. Lange, 1998)
XML
“XML (Extensible Mark-up Language) consists of set of rules for encoding
documents electronically and is defined in XML 1.0 Specification formed by W3C, all gratis
open standards.” (Tim Bray, 2006)
XML’s aims are to lay emphasis on usability, generality, and simplicity over the
Internet. XML is written in textual data format, and supported via Unicode. Even though
XML’s designs focuses on documents, it’s broadly used for representing arbitrary data
structures, such as web services. (Tim Bray, 2006)
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Google Maps are the basic web mapping service technology and application provided
by Google, free of cost for non commercial use which powers map based services which
includes Google Maps, Google Transit, Google Ride Finder and maps which are embedded
on third-party applications via Google Maps API. (Victor Matos, 2010)
It offers services like street maps, navigation planner for travelling from source to
destination by foot, car or any public transport and even helps in locating shops, restaurants ,
cinema and many other across the world.
SQLLITE DATABASE
SQLlite system is a relatively small c programming library. The source code for
SQLlite is available in public domain. SQLlite is inbuilt in android operating system.
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Project Proposal
What methodology (structured After fetching GPS co-ordinates from satellite, our
process) will you be following to system would check if the mobile is connected to
realise your artefact? internet. If yes then mobile would send those GPS co-
ordinates to GOOGLE MAPS and fetch the postal
address from Google maps. This postal address would
be sent to owners other no. via SMS.
How does your project relate to This project is associated with my course as mentioned
your degree course and build upon above that I m doing MSc in Computer Science. I learnt
the units/knowledge you have Java and database related subjects which gave me a
studied/acquired idea of what I can do using it.
GOOGLE Android operating system 1.5.
Resources Eclipse IDE with Java Plug-in.
ADT Plug-in for Eclipse.
Android SDK.
Have you completed & submitted
Yes
your ethics form?
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5. Email [email protected]
SECTION A Proposal
Please summarise below the ethical issues involved in the research proposal and how they will be
addressed. In any proposal involving human participant’s clear explanation of how informed consent
will be obtained, how confidentiality will be observed, how the nature of the research and the means
of dissemination of the outcomes will be communicated to participants must be provided.
Once our system is installed onto a mobile phone and an alternate number is fed into the
software (ATS). The owners SIM card gets registered in the database.
Whenever phone is rebooted ATS is invoked in stealth mode and checks whether the SIM
card present in mobile phone is of owner. If the SIM belongs to owner (registered in
database), the software doesn’t do any activity. If the SIM has been changed and that SIM
is not registered in the database then ATS sends a message to owners other mobile number
(friends / relatives no.) in stealth mode and starts listening for incoming SMS messages.
Now if owner sends a SMS request to ATS, asking it to send mobiles GPS co-ordinates,
ATS would do so.
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1. Does the study involve vulnerable participants or those unable to give informed consent (e.g. children,
people with learning disabilities, your own students)?
YES NO
2. Will the study require permission of a gatekeeper for access to participants (e.g. schools, self-help
groups, residential homes)?
YES NO
3. Will it be necessary for participants to be involved with consent (e.g. covert observation in non-public
places)?
YES NO
4. Will the study involve sensitive topics (e.g. obtaining information about sexual activity, substance
abuse)?
YES NO
5. Will blood, tissue samples or any other substances be taken from participants?
YES NO
6. Will the research involve intrusive interventions (e.g. the administration of drugs, hypnosis, physical
exercise)?
YES NO
7. Will financial or other inducements be offered to participants (except reasonable expenses or small
tokens of appreciation)?
YES NO
8. Will the research investigate any aspect of illegal activity (e.g. drugs, crime, underage alcohol
consumption or sexual activity)?
YES NO
10. Will the study involve participants from the NHS (patients or staff) or will data be obtained from NHS
premises?
YES NO
If the answer to any of the questions above is “Yes”, or if there are any other significant ethical issues, then
further ethical consideration is required. Please document carefully how these issues will be addressed.
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