Carrier IQ: Researcher Trevor Eckhart Outs Creepy, Hidden App Installed On Smartphones (VIDEO)

submitted 179 days ago by orangearrows in "Products / Gadgets"

This is scary and the security apps you install on your phone ( lookout etc. ) do nada to weed them out.

A security researcher has posted a video detailing hidden software installed on smart phones that logs numerous details about users' activities.

In a 17-minute video posted Monday on YouTube, Trevor Eckhart shows how the software – known as Carrier IQ – logs every text message, Google search and phone number typed on a wide variety of smart phones - including HTC, Blackberry, Nokia and others - and reports them to the mobile phone carrier.

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Posted by orangearrows 178 days ago

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I see people starting to talk about it now. This is an invasion of privacy and all users must be given an option to opt out of it if we like. At least asked if we want to opt in and not in it by default.

Trying to remove it from my E4gT and I have to go through a lot to remove this thing.

Note: it does record keystrokes. Also it does know when you logged into your bank account and what text messages you send, even the content of it. Carrier IQ has denied recording keystrokes but the above video shows that they do.

More coverage on FOX
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech.....spying-on/