Drew_Fl Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 http://gizmodo.com/5863849/your-android-phone-is-secretly-recording-everything-you-do?autoplay If you have any decently modern Android phone, everything you do is being recorded by hidden software lurking inside. It even circumvents web encryption and grabs everything—including your passwords and Google queries.Worse: it's the handset manufacturers and the carriers who—in the name of "making your user experience better"—install this software without any way for you to opt-out. This video, recorded by 25-year-old Android developer Trevor Eckhart, shows how it works. This is bad. Really bad. Fast forward to 9:00 for the damning sequence. The spying software is developed by a company called Carrier IQ. In their site, the company says they are "the only embedded analytics company to support millions of devices simultaneously, we give Wireless Carriers and Handset Manufacturers unprecedented insight into their customers' mobile experience." Who has this problem? It seems like a good goal and, indeed, most manufacturers and carriers agree: according to Eckhart, the spyware is included in most Android phones out there. Eckhart claims that Carrier IQ software is also included in Blackberry and Nokia smartphones too. It probably works exactly the same in those smartphones as well. However, there's no proof showing these problems in those phones. There's no mention about Apple's iPhone. It also doesn't even matter if your telephone was purchased free of carrier contracts. As Eckhart shows in this video, it's always there. The problem is that it does a lot more than log anonymous generic data. It grabs everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOF44 Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Time for a merge. http://www.extremeskins.com/showthread.php?359409-Android-phones-may-have-keylogging-software-installed It really is big brother though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew_Fl Posted December 1, 2011 Author Share Posted December 1, 2011 Time for a merge. http://www.extremeskins.com/showthread.php?359409-Android-phones-may-have-keylogging-software-installedIt really is big brother though. Damn I read the tailgate pretty religiously today. It slipped past me. I'm sorry mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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