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• basfluijt Posts: 4 [Master Traveler]

  December 2018

  Hey @VikramK ,
  
  Thanks for the update, can you guys in future reference be more specific on what you managed to improve or fix? I know you are working hard on the updates, so why not share some more details about it? Some transparency helps the community understand just how much work these updates are.
  
  That way we now what to look out for and give feedback to you guys if we encounter some issues/bugs related to the update
  
  Thanks for sharing! :thumbsup_tone1:
  
  Regards,
  Bas

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• 954dk Posts: 292 [Master Traveler]

  December 2018

  Take a look here mate:
  https://uk.support.tomtom.com/app/release_notes/type/navkit
  
  Merry Christmas :-)

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• tvieira Posts: 6 [Apprentice Traveler]

  December 2018

  Hi.
  
  just a suggestion: Can TomTom let us setup a user password for the Rider? I usually left the device on my motorcycle and sometimes people like to "give it a test run". It is a major privacy issue as we have "home" and "work" defined on the device.
  
  I had a TomTom Europe and I remember that you could setup a password so I do not see this to be a problem to configure this on the Rider version.
  
  Regards
  Tiago

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• VStrom-1k Posts: 162 [Exalted Navigator]

  December 2018

  W.R.T Password-protection for the Rider:
  Your home location is not only a privacy issue; showing your home address to anybody who knows how to operate the Rider can easily find out that you're obviously not at home right now. A friendly invitation to burglars and thieves.
  Aside from this, I don't like the idea that anybody can press buttons on the Rider anytime, drop routes, read my email-address, purge maps, even reset the device to factory default.
  Nice moment when you return from the restaurant and want to continue the tour... what tour??
  
  In addition to a pin/password lock: What about unlocking the device automatically when

  • you're within a small radius around home (and work) location.
  • your smartphone is in reach -> Think about integration with the MyDrive App.

  All should/could be configurable. If you (TT) just want it.

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• basix Posts: 486
  Superuser

  December 2018

  already asked a few times.
  quoting myself 3,5 years ago:
  

  I also find it a bit problematic that the device itself has no pin code protection or whatsoever. E.g. while you're having a drink at a gas station, you'd probably leave your tomtom secured with the anti-theft thingy on your bike. Anyone can turn on the tomtom and see what your home address is, or wherever you're navigating to. Call me paranoid, but some people have really nice bikes, and 'bike-jackers' are nothing new. An additional lock might seem annoying for some people, but with some kind of 'trusted device connected' mode it could unlock itself automatically when the headset and/or phone are connected. That should make it quite user friendly.

  https://en.discussions.tomtom.com/rider-51/rider-400-questions-and-suggestions-989171

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• VStrom-1k Posts: 162 [Exalted Navigator]

  December 2018

  I asked for the same setup 2 1/2 years ago in the German TT forum, when realizing that the highend satnav solution for bikers, the Rider 410, didn't provide even basic security features like for example the Garmin zumo 660 which I used before the Rider.
  Still no password/pin to date..
  
  Just joking: Wait for the "Alexa" integration besides "Siri" and "Ok, Google" and have some idiot tell the Rider:
  "Alexa, switch on all lights at home and unlock the door. Say hello to the moving services."
  
  See: I can do all of that today. Protect my device, navigation, routing, talk to Google, Siri and Alexa, unlock my device with password or finger-print or trusted-device mode, even just by looking at my device.
  Just not on my TT Rider. But on my smartphone.
  You get the idea?

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• Jejapi Posts: 5 [Master Traveler]

  January 2019

  Dear VikramK,
  
  Does this update solve the fact that - as dutch support mentions - services are only available when the rider is connected to your phone through bluetooth/mydrive? (they explicitly state services will not be available when connected through hotspot - which connection I haven't been able to set up anyway..)

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• edwinstam1985 Posts: 3 [Apprentice Traveler]

  January 2019

  Sadly, my comment... Wait, sorry, my profile was deleted.
  
  ut im back. So could you pease update us with what specific tomtom rider problems are fixed with this update? Since the update is for a big range of devices (not only the rider).
  
  Bluetooth problems (TomTom 550 and Cardo Freecom 4) are still not solved (which I made topic for, but was removed)...

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• Prippie Posts: 16 [Outstanding Explorer]

  March 2019

  hoarse voice still exists in this version...

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