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How it works

Updates at an interval

Cerebro will send GPS coordinates to a server every 30 minutes. An app known as CerebroDemon is a fast, memory efficient daemon which sits in the background.

Live Updates and Sonar

Live Updates and Sonar use push notifications to tell Cerebro to either update constantly or play a song from your music library. Using this method lets your iPhone sleep longer, use less resources and conserve battery life.

Privacy

Data Control

We have always been a firm believer that the user owns his data, and even though the iPhones location is routed to the Cerebro servers, the data, is not mine to give away. It is your data. This also means that I will do my best to keep hackers out of accessing your data by any means possible, including encrypting your data. I also provide means of deleting location data.

Server Control

If you are still not sure about trusting your data to the Cerebro servers, then you do have the ability to change where the data is sent. Here is how.

1. Click the Cerebro iPhone Properties link
2. Change the URL property to your server. A proper value for URL would be

   	http://chrisalvares.com/recordTheValue.php
   

3. Your server script will need to accept these GET variables

   	ID=iPhoneIdentification (40 characters)
   	LATITUDE= double (number in degrees)
   	LONGITUDE= double (number in degrees)
   	ALTITUDE= double (number in degrees)
   	ACCURACY= double (number in meters)
   

   NOTE: I do not recommend changing the URL property unless you have large amounts of bandwidth since you will get calls every 30 minutes or so, which equals 48 calls to the server every day, that is 17,472 calls a year.

Live Updates

Live Updates may have a different URL, so there is also an option in the Cerebro iPhone Properties.

Updating Interval

Cerebro updates every 30 minutes, 24/7. If you believe this is too much, you can modify the value using the admin panel and clicking on the Cerebro Properties link.