Got android ??

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Got android ??

Postby S-rob » Fri Dec 02, 2011 6:49 am

Got android ??
get out the tinfoil hats. The denials make it worse.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/1 ... ging-video

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/1 ... -brouhaha/

"Though the software is installed on most modern Android, BlackBerry and Nokia phones, Carrier IQ was virtually unknown until 25-year-old Trevor Eckhart of Connecticut analyzed its workings, revealing that the software secretly chronicles a user’s phone experience — ostensibly so carriers and phone manufacturers can do quality control.

But now he’s released a video actually showing the logging of text messages, encrypted web searches and, well, you name it."

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/201...tkit-brouhaha/

"A data-logging software company is seeking to squash an Android developer’s critical research into its software that is secretly installed on millions of phones, but Trevor Eckhart is refusing to publicly apologize for his research and remove the company’s training manuals from his website"
"Some carriers prevent users who actually find the software from controlling what information is sent."

"Adding possible legal jeopardy to its woes, a former federal prosecutor is also publicly wondering whether Carrier IQ, whose phone-monitoring software was secretly installed on millions of phones, was illegally wiretapping Americans’ communications.
University of Colorado law and telecommunications scholar Paul Ohm, a former federal prosecutor, said in a telephone interview that the software “verges on wiretapping.”"
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Re: Got android ??

Postby ergocentric » Fri Dec 02, 2011 5:38 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T17XQI_AYNo
Part three shows how easy it is to find; it is not installed on my device.

Carrier IQ claims no data is stored; only stats.

On the surface it seems very intrusive and illegal by Canadian law (PIPEDA), but then, it's not installed on my phone.

by the way you title is very misleading, it is installed on more than just Android devices, Apple does their own logging so they don't need Carrier IQ
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