U.S. Senate Questions Carrier IQ Phone Tracking

By: on 12.2.11
Carrier IQ Tracking

Carrier IQ Tracking

The U.S. Senate is demanding answers from Carrier IQ, the company whose software tracks smartphone users’ every move. Senator Franken has asked the company to explain exactly what they record, who they give the information to and how consumers can stop its program from logging data. Read the full article at AppleInsider.com

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  • Mkelly107

    There was lots of sound and fury yesterday about this, and for good reason. It will be necessary to get the answers that Senator Frankin is after before really knowing whether this is an actual privacy crime that is already happening as the carriers have gotten and used our keystroke, etc. data, or one that is essentially localized to Carrier IQ. Thanks go to the security/privacy hero of the day, Trevor Eckhart.
    The next question: what is all the rest of that app junk on our devices??