I've been evaluating the Cerberus anti-theft app on my Galaxy Nexus. Overall it's a great app and I recommend it, but I've discovered one serious (but easily corrected) flaw. When one sends an SMS text message to the stolen phone, it can be seen by the thief and will almost certainly alert him to the fact that it's being tracked. Apparently this happens when you have installed 3rd party SMS apps such as Go SMS Pro. These messages are in the form: cerberus <password> <command>. The keyword 'cerberus' in addition to the command word will alert the thief. I have suggested that the keyword 'cerberus' be replaced with something less obvious. Ideally, the user can select their own keyword. I have also proposed, that as an option, numbers be used in place of the command words. For example, 'find' could be replaced with 1. and 'siminfo' with 2, etc. The existing keyword and command words can be retained if desired with the addition of the recommended values. This preserves backward compatibility and requires no changes to those that have no issues.
Pete
Pete