Thursday, December 1, 2011

Carrier-installed ?Carrier IQ? spyware found in Android, iOS; should we panic? [video]

Last week, research published by�security expert Trevor Eckhart pulled back the veil on Carrier IQ, a suite of what can seemingly be described as spyware pre-installed on a wide range of devices by both carriers and vendors. Eckhart cited a BGR story from September as an early reference to the software, which at that time was thought to be a somewhat benign set of quality-control measures. “Carrier IQ is used to understand what problems customers are having with our network or devices so we can take action to improve service quality,” a Sprint spokesperson told BGR in September. “It collects enough information to understand the customer experience with devices on our network and how to devise solutions to use and

Source: http://www.bgr.com/2011/12/01/carrier-installed-carrier-iq-spyware-found-in-android-ios-should-we-panic-video/

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