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Jessica Jordan, 5.12.2011, 17:42, You phone could be tracking your every move. According to a developer from Android, more than 100 million smart phones are equipped with software that comes preinstalled on phones for most major carriers. During a security demonstration, Trevor Eckhartshowed how software developed by Carrier IQ tracks virtually everything a user does such as logging individual keystrokes and button
presses. You phone could be tracking your every move. According to a developer from Android, more than 100 million smart phones are equipped with software that comes preinstalled on phones for most major carriers. During a security demonstration, Trevor Eckhartshowed how software developed by Carrier IQ tracks virtually everything a user does such as logging individual keystrokes and button presses. Wayne Rash, a columnist for E-week and E-week Washington Bureau Chief, says android phones provided by T-Mobile, AT&T and Sprint probably have Carrier IQ installed, while Android phones from Verizon Wireless as well as Windows phones and Blackberries don’t have such tracking programs installed. Source: Voice of Russia.
presses. You phone could be tracking your every move. According to a developer from Android, more than 100 million smart phones are equipped with software that comes preinstalled on phones for most major carriers. During a security demonstration, Trevor Eckhartshowed how software developed by Carrier IQ tracks virtually everything a user does such as logging individual keystrokes and button presses. Wayne Rash, a columnist for E-week and E-week Washington Bureau Chief, says android phones provided by T-Mobile, AT&T and Sprint probably have Carrier IQ installed, while Android phones from Verizon Wireless as well as Windows phones and Blackberries don’t have such tracking programs installed. Source: Voice of Russia.
