Certain keypresses are tracked for errors in carrier network, says Carrier IQ

he end of November, Trevor Eckhart had released a 17 minute video showing how Carrier IQ has been sneaking into users‘ private data..

December 05, 2011 / 17:00 IST

At the end of November, Trevor Eckhart had released a 17 minute video showing how Carrier IQ had been sneaking into users’ private data. Android and iOS phones were said to be stealthily employing this software, while Nokia and RIM assured that Carrier IQ hasn’t been used on their respective phones. According to recent news, Apple is also being grilled in Germany over using the software.

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first published: Dec 5, 2011 04:54 pm

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