Your smartphone could be secretly recording all your actions

30 November, 2011
A logging application called Carrier IQ could be pre-installed on your phone monitoring everything you do.

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  • AnonD-669
  • t7r
  • 30 Nov 2011

Just get a dumb phone...

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    • Slim Shady
    • t}A
    • 30 Nov 2011

    I am pretty happy with my symbian. Thank you very much..!!!

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      • Anonymous
      • QaH
      • 30 Nov 2011

      well if yall didn know this then what else yall know...smartphone,internet,all kinda things store your info

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        • Dude
        • nSR
        • 30 Nov 2011

        So no keypresses but the messages? so they DO spy on you! he talked him self in to bag! haha

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          • AnonD-171
          • q}4
          • 30 Nov 2011

          nothing on my leaked symbian Belle on my N8

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            • Some Guy
            • n9@
            • 30 Nov 2011

            I've heard it, I've seen it, I've got bored of that. It's just a phone! People act like a phone would be a part of them. Hell, it's just for information transfering and entertainment. What kind of privacy is broken? Whisper your secret to a friend's ear and no one will know. Besides, why the hell they would care when did you poop when they have millions of users to read and look for terrorists (wonder what they would do if I'd plan to assassinate the president...)? My only question would be, can the camera work when it's not turned on? Wouldn't be fun if they could see me masturbate... O.o Imma cover my lens with paint. xD

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              • AnonD-977
              • v}7
              • 30 Nov 2011

              Jul, 30 Nov 2011At least on Android you could see what it's doing. With ot... moreSo how come they only found out about this by using packet sniffing?

              It was buried pretty deep and hard to find.

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                • AnonD-977
                • v}7
                • 30 Nov 2011

                AnonD-8044, 30 Nov 2011This is sick,all my messages should be private and by law t... moreIt's how Google makes money from Android, by selling information about users to advertisers.

                That's the price you pay for "free" stuff.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • mqM
                  • 30 Nov 2011

                  AnonD-8044, 30 Nov 2011This is sick,all my messages should be private and by law t... moreWhy would anyone be doing that kind of important task on their PHONE?

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                    • Mccandless
                    • k9p
                    • 30 Nov 2011

                    I'm so glad I live in Canada where this type of thing is illegal. Just flash your phone with a ROM from a Candian carrier, they do not contain Carrier IQ software.

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                      • TOPO
                      • IaV
                      • 30 Nov 2011

                      how we can know if symbians meego or windows not spy us?

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                        • AnonD-8044
                        • S3F
                        • 30 Nov 2011

                        This is sick,all my messages should be private and by law that is SPYING.I could be involved in a legal case or suing someone and they can gather knowledge..Its a bloody illegal act and breaks all human rights.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • YaD
                          • 30 Nov 2011

                          AnonD-14018, 30 Nov 2011It is known for a fact that the US people are being moonito... moreMaybe you havent heard about Rupert Murdoch's tabloids in Europe. They were caught dozens of times hacking into phones and the police allowed it. How do you explain that?

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                            • Anonymous
                            • nCi
                            • 30 Nov 2011

                            Anonymous, 30 Nov 2011haha and all you droid users thought u was invincible muhahahaThat's what they thought, but they came to know that all Google eyes on me hahahahah

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                              • dkbrz
                              • J5H
                              • 30 Nov 2011

                              hdf, 30 Nov 2011And who put the software there? Is it a part of Android or ... moreDefinetely HTC

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                                • Auston
                                • fCK
                                • 30 Nov 2011

                                can it be repaired by flashing firmware???

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                                  • Markoleti
                                  • S7x
                                  • 30 Nov 2011

                                  just go on xda and find all about this. how to check if you have this iq program and what to do. aaand,if You annoying you why they follow You,find some unbranded rom. thats all ... ;)

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                                    • lazzyyoung
                                    • KAx
                                    • 30 Nov 2011

                                    even my own dad respects my privacy, leaves, when i said i am naked and don't want him in my room...
                                    and why the hell would this cellphone companies needs to know what i am doing inside my bathroom?

                                    btw, how are they improving their products by tracking me down so far to my knee?

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                                      • Sec
                                      • 30 Nov 2011

                                      When you start up your phone and you agree to terms and conditions you agree to all this.... If you dont agree it wont :let you use your phone. So stop being kids and shush...
                                      Do you do something so secret that youre scared?
                                      This information is not used to take your money from your banks or use your information for anything else. this information is being used to improve services of the phones...

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                                        • astar
                                        • 3rP
                                        • 30 Nov 2011

                                        No Carrier IQ for me =D
                                        HTC Sensation 4G Stock ROM not rooted.