WRT to CIQ, the EFF has this

nothere — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:40:21 +0000

In reply to Carrier IQ goes into 19 pages

WRT to CIQ, the EFF has this to say.

Carrier IQ goes into 19 pages

acanuck — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:11:07 +0000

Carrier IQ goes into 19 pages of detail on what its software can and does do. I'm not yet reassured that it can't be tweaked by the phone companies (on their own initiative or on NSA orders) to do more. In reviewing the software, they found a glitch that can "unintentionally" retransmit SMS content under "unique" conditions; they say that has since been fixed. But it does lend weight to end-user privacy concerns.

http://www.carrieriq.com/PR.20111212.pdf

I get it that carriers need to monitor performance of their networks and devices. But software this potentially intrusive (transmitting back on average 200 kilobytes of "metrics" a day) should never be installed without the informed consent of the user. At the barest minimum, people need to have the choice: enable/disable. With no possible override at company HQ.

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WRT to CIQ, the EFF has this

Carrier IQ goes into 19 pages