Carrier IQ: The End of the Privacy Myth

It has come to our knowledge that quite a large number of today’s smartphones sold in the United States contain a certain piece of spyware known as Carrier IQ.

“What is Carrier IQ?” you ask. That is a good question. It seems that Carrier IQ is a bit of software installed in smartphones by the mobile carriers (Sprint apparently) that enables them to track about everything a user does. This includes, but is not limited to, keystrokes, phone calls, contents of text messages and emails, and general usage information about the owner of the phone. This information can be logged with unique identifiers so that the carrier and Carrier IQ could theoretically know exactly who you are, making the information not even anonymous. As alarming as this sounds, there is a silver lining to this seemingly dark cloud. The company responsible for this product have claimed that they do not actually collect any of the information in question. However, it does bring up pretty substantial questions about how private and secure our actions on our mobile phones actually are.

Below, we can see a video of the Developer who discovered this showing proof of his discovery.

What do you think about Carrier IQ and Mobile Privacy in general? Drop a line and let us know.

Dunni Abiodun

Dunni Abiodun is a student at the University of Waterloo. He finished his secondary education at Whitesands School in 2009 and has been a casual blogger in a wide range of topics since then. He holds a keen interest in all things tech related. It is because of this that he decided to join the Technesstivity team. In his spare time, he enjoys watching TV shows and reading novels.

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