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Carrier IQ clears the air on spying allegations

02

Dec

2011

In an interview with AllThingsD today Carrier IQ, the company accused of creating spyware software for mobile carriers, cleared the air and explained in detail what their software does and does not do. Carrier IQ explained the reasons behind the appearance of keystroke logging in their software. Their software is configured to monitor, not log […]

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Carrier IQ snoops on US cell users – Spyware or service monitoring tool?

01

Dec

2011

Last week a very scary piece of research was published by Trevor Eckhart about spyware that is being included on cellular phones in the United States. The commercial software application is called Carrier IQ and is reportedly being used by Verizon, Sprint and potentially other carriers. Carrier IQ was unhappy with Eckhart publishing public copies […]

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BlackBerry outage, video apologies, a hoax and Ronnie Corbett

13

Oct

2011

Millions of BlackBerry owners around the world have been feeling the pain this week as messaging and email systems collapsed in a service outage. With many turning to social networks to vent their anger, and even newspaper cartoonists making fun of the situation, bosses at Research in Motion (RIM) have clearly been feeling the heat. […]

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