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The Electronic Frontier Foundation, in a continued bid to fight against injustices related to emerging technologies, has cracked open the Carrier IQ software package. Since first contacted by Trevor Eckhart after being issued a cease and desist order from Carrier IQ, the EFF has been working hard to find answers to some of the most pressing question surrounding the data tracking suite. With the help of a few volunteers Carrier IQ has been parsed into its three layers — an app, a database, and a configuration file — and produced an app to uncover exactly what information your handset is collecting. Using the app, IQIQ, the EFF hopes to garner enough user data to blow the thing completely open. The organization points to a thread at XDA that provides useful info on uncovering the Carrier IQ data on from your system. If you have a few minutes to spare or have already done your own checks into Carrier IQ on your smartphone, head on over to the source link below to find out how to help.
First, I’m gonna need my Paycheck.
The EFF is grasping at straws because they know Trevor is going to get
hit with hundreds of liable suits. Think about all those folks who tried to flash their phones and messed up. they wound up with a big paper weight.
They have nothing and they know it. Developers with expertise in security have already said he was wrong and yet he remains silent letting things get worse.
Pathetic if you ask me!
So far my understanding is there is open dialog between Carrier IQ and
the FCC and FTC. There is an inquiry and no one is being arrested and no
agents showing up on their door step. There is no investigation and any
dialog is open and transparent. This will all go away I am sure.
I believe Trevor had his detection tool removed from the android market
place. I don’t know if it was put back. There have been other reports to
that other developers are saying the the bloggers initial inspection of
what the software does is in fact wrong. This was in follow up from Dan Rosenberg’s analysis.
I truly believe the software is simply diagnostics. I know lots of
screaming and yelling and freaking out over a video, which if you are
technically inclined is “fake” for all intense and purposes. Just look
at what others have reported after reverse engineering the product and
also watching how the software processes and reads information. The
“security researcher” if you want to call him that works for a company
called Telogis. I hear they are trying to get up to the race with
Carrier IQ. What better way than to get the leader shut down and you
quietly slip into the vacuum that is left behind. If you don’t believe
me check out the bloggers linked in profile.
I think he was asked to do this as corporate espionage, and then they will control it all. Al bet a little differently.