How To Find Carrier IQ On iOS, Android And Uninstall It
Earlier today, we covered Carrier IQ – A seeming spyware installed on phones by numerous phone manufacturers that clearly violates user privacy. The question is does your phone have Carrier IQ? And if it does, how do you get rid of it? According to the discoverer of Carrier IQ, Trevor Eckhart, Carrier IQ comes pre-installed on HTC and Samsung phones, while Sprint is listed as one of its clients. A member of Xda-dev forum also called AT&T and it was confirmed that Carrier... Read More
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... Read More
Facebook Now Knows You by Face
Facebook has recently rolled out a new facial recognition-based photo tagging system. Basically, this means when next you go on Facebook and upload a photo or album, Facebook will find the faces in your photo and suggest who they may be based on photos of your friends already on their database. This seems to be a useful tool but privacy advocacy groups all around have raised their complaints about the privacy implications of this move. It seems that though Facebook informed... Read More
