[LINK] Carrier IQ

[Richard Chirgwin]

Steven - Telstra has come out on Twitter and said they don't use it, and 
don't track anything people do except for billing purposes.

My opinion is that it's a case of big-brains getting carried away ... 
"Hey, guys, you know we could also do this! And then we could analyse it 
and sell the analysis to advertisers! What about SMS, couldn't we do 
that as well?"

I would think that any Australian carrier will have got the 'don't touch 
it with a pole' message from their lawyers.

I would note as an aside that lawyers with genuine expertise in the 
matter of interception frequently don't respond to queries from 
journalists...

RC

On 1/12/11 2:50 PM, Steven Clark wrote:
> It's not a beat up. But I'm not aware of any evidence (yet) that the same or similar software is in use in Australia.
>
> There is plenty of advice online now setting out how anyone with a device running an Android OS can go about testing for this package.
>
> Happy to hear any results from such investigations.
>
> Steven
>
> On 01/12/2011, at 13:43, Ivan Trundle<ivan at itrundle.com>  wrote:
>
>> So where's the outrage, the indignation, the calls for retribution?
>>
>> Now that developer Trevor Eckhart has discovered logging software installed on most Android, Blackberry and Nokia phones, and with far-reaching implications of what that data can be used for, I had anticipated an outcry.
>>
>> Apple was almost crucified (Senate hearings, etc) over their location-caching data collection, but this is far more reaching. Even back then, Steve Jobs asserted that Android was tracking everyone.
>>
>> What have I missed? Is it a beat up?
>>
>> iT
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