Not quite as comfortable as my friends with the Carrier IQ thing.
Quote from Carrier IQ:
“While we look at many aspects of a device’s performance, we are counting and summarizing performance, not recording keystrokes or providing tracking tools.”
Except that it does record keystrokes and apparently collects the map data, too, it sounds like. So I’m not sure I would trust them with my data.
How to remove it:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/finding-and-cleaning-out-your-smartphones-carrier-iq-poison/1697
7 Questions for CarrierIQ
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/7-questions-that-carrier-iq-needs-to-address-immediately/16749
Carrier IQ is a reason you should root your phone? Don’t know about that one.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/security/carrier-iq-snooping-another-good-reason-to-root-your-phone/6984
Just more on Carrier IQ. Nothing earth shattering.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222332/FAQ_Behind_the_Carrier_IQ_rootkit_controversy_
And, if you have Verizon and a few others (RIM, etc.), no worries about Carrier IQ.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222337/Verizon_says_it_doesn_t_use_Carrier_IQ_software
And Government-related spying. Kinda wish I hadn’t read this.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/01/security_firms_compete_to_sell_snoopware_to_repressive_governments/
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