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[pete_1967]

Carrier IQ Rootkit Reportedly Logs Everything On Millions Of Phones

If you use an Android, BlackBerry, or Nokia smartphone then you may be at risk of being illegally wire-tapped by Carrier IQ--a provider of performance monitoring software for smartphones--according to reports.

Earlier this month, security researcher Trevor Eckhart announced that he found software made by Carrier IQ that may be logging your every move on your mobile phone. Trevor referred to it as a "rootkit", a piece of software that hides itself while utilizing privileged access like watching your every move. Carrier IQ didn't take too kindly to this accusation, and responded aggressively with a cease-and-desist letter, and went on to deny this accusation. However, to further back his accusation, Eckhart released a video that he says shows the software in action.

In the video, Eckhart navigates to a list of running applications on his phone, and he found that the application IQRD--made by Carrier IQ--was not shown. However, when he searched all of the applications on the device, Eckhart discovered that IQRD showed up with the option to force stop it; therefore, he determined that the app must have been running. However, when he tried to stop the application, the force stop function did absolutely nothing. Additionally, this application always runs when the device is started, according to his research.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/24522...of_phones.html

[BBQdave]

Why I use a dumb-phone

Though my dumb-phone is getting old and some buttons are not working well...
My wife says she is going to get me a bumble-bee phone

Though there is hope for me (a guy who just wants to dial out and receive calls); the new dumb-phones are still being produced, they are just marketed as Military Grade or Construction Worker Tuff (so they can charge the same money as the smart-phones).