CarrierIQ: Most Phones Ship With "Rootkit"

First time accepted submitter Kompressor writes "According to a developer on the XDA forums, TrevE, many Android, Nokia, and BlackBerry smartphones have software called Carrier IQ that allows your carrier full access into your handset, including keylogging, which apps have been run, URLs that have been loaded in the browser, etc." Since this was submitted, a few more details have come to light. The software was designed to give carriers useful feedback on aggregate usage patterns, but the software runs as root and the privacy implications are pretty severe.

Doesn't Matter

[Anonymous Coward]

It doesn't matter because Android is open.

That's all that matters.

Re:Doesn't Matter

[circletimessquare]

in soviet software land, software programs you!

Re:Cyanogen

[Pieroxy]

Tell that to my Mom. You're in for a rough ride, I'll tell you that much!

Re:Cyanogen

[gparent]

I'm always in for a rough ride with your mom. Oh, you mean to install Cyanogenmod?

Re:Cyanogen

[dkleinsc]

Plus, as any Aussie can tell you, rooting a phone is more than little bit kinky.

Re:but but but... Apple

[Unoriginal_Nickname]

Has anyone?