The latest Carrier IQ public relations fiasco seems to have vindicated free software advocate Richard Stallman at long last. If you haven’t been keeping up on your tech news lately, here’s a quick recap. Late in November, Connectictut-based programmer Trevor Eckhardt released a series of YouTube videos detailing Carrier IQ’s tracking software, which seemed to… Continue reading Software In Cell Phones Are Tracking All Your Moves
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Is Carrier IQ Sneaking Around Your Smartphone?
The latest mobile news is that someone has been sneaking around in the cell phones of millions of people. Carrier IQ is the name of the fingered company. They were caught red-handed doing the things that some people got booted out of the android market for. If you have an android smartphone odds are they… Continue reading Is Carrier IQ Sneaking Around Your Smartphone?