Holy crap. I always knew that using smart phones (Android, iPhones, etc.) can be potentially a problem for anyone who wanted to keep a reasonable modicum of privacy. Then I saw this, and the words "can be potentially" were replaced with "is definitely."
Though I haven't specifically found any references to CIQ on iPhones, do I believe there is something similar? <Puts on tinfoil hat> Probably.
I am stunned by the duplicity and disingenuousness of the perpetrators of the data mining, especially Carrier IQ. Gotta love the quickly generated video of Carrier IQ's CEO standing in his office in shirt sleeves, all "regular guy" claiming--falsely—that their software doesn't capture keystrokes, when it very clearly does as the above video demonstrates. I really found it interesting his eyes kept flicking away from the camera. Isn't that a "tell" of someone lying? Also by taking the low road and attacking Trevor Eckhart (the person who discovered the data mining) by threatening legal action certainly torches any confidence you might have had in the eyes of public opinion. CarrierIQ: definitely evil.
I am stunned by the duplicity and disingenuousness of the perpetrators of the data mining, especially Carrier IQ. Gotta love the quickly generated video of Carrier IQ's CEO standing in his office in shirt sleeves, all "regular guy" claiming--falsely—that their software doesn't capture keystrokes, when it very clearly does as the above video demonstrates. I really found it interesting his eyes kept flicking away from the camera. Isn't that a "tell" of someone lying? Also by taking the low road and attacking Trevor Eckhart (the person who discovered the data mining) by threatening legal action certainly torches any confidence you might have had in the eyes of public opinion. CarrierIQ: definitely evil.
Google? Well, I'd have to put you in the evil camp, too. Sorry guys, but I find it impossible that you don't know what is going on and it's a load of crap. You're infringing on the privacy of every Android phone user, and if the government doesn't step in and do something to slow it, then we will all know that the mining was done either at the explicit instruction of the boys in Washington, or with the sly wink and nod, knowing they get to root through the goodies whenever they want.
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