Representative Edward Markey (D-MA) has released a draft of a bill that would prevent scandals like the one that surrounded the Carrier IQ software from happening in the future. The Mobile Device Privacy Act (PDF) would require that customers be…
Carrier IQ To Be Removed From Sprint Phones This Month
Carrier IQ is back in the news today with reports that Sprint and HTC are planning to remove the software from their phones. Firmware updates will begin rolling out this month that will remove the software from Sprint’s Android-based phones.…
TextSecure App For Android Is Now Open Source
Following the discovery of Carrier IQ, the devious app that stealthily collects data on smartphone users, putting a little more priority on security is worth considering. After all, you never know who is watching so you should probably assume that…
Carrier IQ: FTC Investigates Company’s Software
In a turn of events that should surprise no one, the government has gotten involved in the Carrier IQ scandal that broke two weeks ago. The Washington Post is reporting this afternoon that executives from the company travelled to Washington…
Carrier IQ: EFF Publishes Report On the Company’s Architecture
The digital rights watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation has released an in-depth study of the corporate architecture of Carrier IQ in hopes of clarifying some of the difficulties and contradictions that have circulated in reports on the scandal involving Carrier IQ’s…
Carrier IQ: FBI Using Data for “Law Enforcement Purposes”
The Carrier IQ scandal took an interesting turn yesterday on reports that the FBI had denied a Freedom of Information Act request for “manuals, documents or other written guidance used to access or analyze data gathered by programs developed or…
Google’s Eric Schmidt Calls Carrier IQ a Key-logger
Google CEO Eric Schmidt distanced his company from the scandal surrounding the Carrier IQ software in remarks at an internet freedom conference in The Hague yesterday. During his talk he called Carrier IQ a key-logger. “[I]t actually does keep your…
Carrier IQ Controversy Heats Up As New Lawsuit Filed
Another class-action lawsuit has been filed over the Carrier IQ scandal that broke last week. The suit, filed in the US District Court in Delaware, is the third suit to be filed in the controversy over the alleged spyware installed…
Carrier IQ: Consumer Watchdog Asks Justice, FCC to Investigate
Advocacy group Consumer Watchdog announced this afternoon that it has sent letters to the Justice Department and the FCC calling on them to investigate not only Carrier IQ, but also operating system makers, as well as handset manufacturers and phone…
Senator Al Franken Challenges Carrier IQ
Privacy in relation to mobile technology is a touchy subject. Whether it’s Apple’s location data blow up or the latest controversy involving Carrier IQ and its hidden mobile device rootkit, issues of security still loom over the entire industry. To…