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Tips on installing a navigation system

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Get better GPS performance with these suggestions by  Crutchfield's    There are two basic types of in-car GPS navigation systems: in-dash and portable. This article will give you some tips on installation considerations for both systems, but focuses on the in-dash systems, since they are more involved. After reading this article, see our  Navigation Installation Guide  for detailed installation instructions. In-dash Navigation Systems In-dash navigation systems consist of 2 or 3 parts: a car stereo with a built-in screen, an external GPS antenna, and occasionally, a hideaway connection box that contains audio/video inputs and outputs. These navigation systems require some extra wiring connections versus regular in-dash stereos. Parking brake For safety reasons, any video screen in the front of the car must be attached to the parking brake wire. This applies to GPS systems too. Some of the more advanced navigation functions are disabled while the vehi

More Than 1 Million Google Accounts Breached by Gooligan

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by Check Point Research Team  posted 2016/11/30 As a result of a lot of hard work done by our security research teams, we revealed today a new and alarming malware campaign. The attack campaign, named Gooligan, breached the security of over one million Google accounts. The number continues to rise at an additional 13,000 breached devices each day. Our research exposes how the malware roots infected devices and steals authentication tokens that can be used to access data from Google Play, Gmail, Google Photos, Google Docs, G Suite, Google Drive, and more. Gooligan is a new variant of the Android malware campaign  found by our researchers in the SnapPea app  last year. Check Point reached out to the Google Security team immediately with information on this campaign. Our researchers are working closely with Google to investigate the source of the Gooligan campaign. “We’re appreciative of both Check Point’s research and their partnership as we’ve worked to