Both AT&T and Sprint have been forced to give up the specific details relating to Carrier IQ. So it looks like it's now T-Mobile's turn to give us a little more information on Carrier IQ. If you don't remember Carrier IQ is basically a type of keylogger installed on many smartphones that logs … [Read more...]
T-Mobile Has Nine Phones With Carrier IQ, And 450,000 Customers With Carrier IQ
December 23, 2011 By
Sprint Says They Have Disabled Carrier IQ On Their Smartphones
December 16, 2011 By
We last heard that Sprint used Carrier IQ on their smartphones in order to help improve their network. And just recently we learned that Sprint actually has Carrier IQ installed on about 29 million of their smartphones which is quite a few for a carrier like Sprint which isn't all that big. Carrier … [Read more...]
The FBI Is Using Carrier IQ Data For Law Enforcement Purposes
December 12, 2011 By
A couple of weeks ago Carrier IQ all of a sudden became a really big deal since we figured out what Carrier IQ is exactly. It's basically a keylogger or rootkit that logs all of the things you do on your smartphone. There are more than 141 million smartphones with this rootkit installed and carriers … [Read more...]
Google’s Eric Schmidt Says Carrier IQ Is A Keylogger
December 9, 2011 By
We heard a whole lot about Carrier IQ last week. But since then the news on Carrier IQ has started to slow down. If you aren't familiar Carrier IQ is a program that is installed on most modern smartphones It tracks what you are doing on your smartphone and reports that information back to somewhere, … [Read more...]
Leaked Document Lists T-Mobile Smartphones With Carrier IQ
December 5, 2011 By
AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile all use Carrier IQ to help improve their networks. So if you are on one of those carriers chances are your smartphone has Carrier IQ installed. But there is also a chance that it doesn't. We still don't know everything there is to know about the tracking software … [Read more...]
Test Your Android Smartphone For Carrier IQ Without Rooting It
December 2, 2011 By
Yesterday a Carrier IQ tester app became available for Android. The big flaw with the app was the fact that it required root access on Android which isn't something everyone has, not every wants or knows how to root their Android smartphone. But the good news is that there is another app now … [Read more...]
Google Confirms That They Have Nothing To Do With Carrier IQ
December 2, 2011 By
We got some true but not official information yesterday that Google's lineup of pure Google Nexus smartphones and the Motorola Xoom don't have Carrier IQ. Today Google made it all official by saying what they have to say about Carrier IQ on their devices. As you know Google develops the open … [Read more...]
Windows Phone 7 And webOS Don’t Have Carrier IQ
December 2, 2011 By
One question you might be asking yourself is if your smartphone has Carrier IQ or if it doesn't. And if you aren't thinking about it you might not know what exactly Carrier IQ is. It's basically a keylogger installed on millions of smartphones that logs your every keystroke and really everything you … [Read more...]
Samsung Has But Doesn’t Use Carrier IQ On Their Smartphones
December 2, 2011 By
Carrier IQ is a pretty big issue ever since it was discovered. It's a way for OEMs and carriers to basically track and log everything you do on your smartphone or mobile device. They can see the keys you type, the messages you send, the pictures you take, the websites you visit. It's basically a … [Read more...]
O2, Rogers, Three UK, And Vodafone Don’t Use Carrier IQ
December 2, 2011 By
Yesterday we got a whole lot of information on Carrier IQ, which manufacturers and carriers support it and which ones don't. Since it's a new topic we are getting a lot of new information as time goes on and today we have some official statements from two of the carriers in the United Kingdom as … [Read more...]
