Carrier IQ - Shocking stuff! #Android #security #carrierIQ
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. […]
The company denies its software logs keystrokes. Eckhart’s 17-minute video clearly undercuts that claim.