Carrier require Carrier IQ snooper ap

[boutons_deux]

So, there's a rootkit hidden in millions of cellphones

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/so-theres-a-rootkit-hidden-in-millions-of-cellphones/16708?tag=nl.e539

RIM, HTC on Carrier IQ: Blame the Carriers

http://allthingsd.com/20111201/rim-htc-on-carrier-iq-blame-the-carriers/

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You can always trust a corporation to Do The Right Thing. The bigger the corp, the more you can trust them :lol

[Winehole23]

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/107427-carrier-iq-which-phones-are-infected-and-how-to-remove-it

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Senator Al Franken asks Carrier IQ exactly what it's doing


Almost inevitably, the government is waking up to the Carrier IQ smartphone tracking story: Senator Al Franken, Chairman of the Senate's subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and Law, has asked Carrier IQ to clarify exactly what its software can do. Franken specifically wants to know what data is recorded on devices with Carrier IQ, what data is sent, if it's sent to Carrier IQ or carriers themselves, how long it's stored once received, and how it's protected once stored. In other words, all the same questions we've been asking since this story first broke. Franken's asked Carrier IQ to respond by December 14, so hopefully we'll have some real answers soon — the company hasn't responded to repeated requests for comment from us or any other press outlet that we've seen.

http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/1/2603142/senator-al-franken-asks-carrier-iq-exactly-what-its-doing

[DisAsTerBot]

Carrier IQ: 'We're as surprised as you'

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The company behind the now-notorious Carrier IQ software that has been found to log every keystroke pressed, website visited and text message sent by 150 million mobile phone users said Friday it was shocked to learn that its software was doing that.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/12/02/technology/carrier_iq/index.htm?source=cnn_bin

[boutons_deux]

The old Microsoft defense. "We didn't realize our upgrade/license process scanned the entire disk and uploaded to MS the names of all the software from any vendor"

and the inevitable

"oops, sorry, those 1000s of lines of snoop code must be a software bug!"

[boutons_deux]

Apple iTunes flaw 'allowed government spying for 3 years'

An unpatched security flaw in Apple’s iTunes software allowed intelligence agencies and police to hack into users’ computers for more than three years, it’s claimed.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/8912714/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html

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nothing to see here, just another software bug.

[TheMime]

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/107427-carrier-iq-which-phones-are-infected-and-how-to-remove-it
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[Winehole23]

An unpatched security flaw in Apple’s iTunes software allowed intelligence agencies and police to hack into users’ computers for more than three years, it’s claimed.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...r-3-years.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/8912714/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html)the government lobbied openly for mandatory backdoors a few years back. perhaps they had some success, particularly after the telecom amnesty in 2008.

[Winehole23]

...http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/search.php?searchid=3204416

[Stringer_Bell]

I still don't get the big deal. If you're not a terrorist, you don't have anything to hide. I mean, if my wireless carrier wants to look at the dick pics I've sent out, whatevs.