Your Android Phone is Spying On You: Is it time to put on a tinfoil hat?.
Read on...... http://goo.gl/gSb3M An Android developer recently discovered a clandestine application called Carrier IQ built into most smartphones that doesn't just track your location; it secretly records your keystrokes, and there's nothing you can do about it. Is it time to put on a tinfoil hat? That depends on how you feel about privacy. In the nearly 20-minute video clip, Eckhart shows how software developed by mobile-device tracker Carrier IQ logs each keystroke and then sends them off to locations unknown. In addition, when Eckhart tried placing a call, Carrier IQ's software recorded each number before the call was even made.......
What th ****k this is impecable On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Juggy Boy <am.mambo@gmail.com> wrote:
Read on......
An Android developer recently discovered a clandestine application called Carrier IQ built into most smartphones that doesn't just track your location; it secretly records your keystrokes, and there's nothing you can do about it. Is it time to put on a tinfoil hat? That depends on how you feel about privacy. In the nearly 20-minute video clip, Eckhart shows how software developed by mobile-device tracker Carrier IQ logs each keystroke and then sends them off to locations unknown. In addition, when Eckhart tried placing a call, Carrier IQ's software recorded each number before the call was even made.......
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Looks (almost) like a promo for CyanogenMod :) Not that I mind. On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Mickey Mickey <michaelakunga@gmail.com>wrote:
What th ****k this is impecable
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Juggy Boy <am.mambo@gmail.com> wrote:
Read on......
An Android developer recently discovered a clandestine application called Carrier IQ built into most smartphones that doesn't just track your location; it secretly records your keystrokes, and there's nothing you can do about it. Is it time to put on a tinfoil hat? That depends on how you feel about privacy. In the nearly 20-minute video clip, Eckhart shows how software developed by mobile-device tracker Carrier IQ logs each keystroke and then sends them off to locations unknown. In addition, when Eckhart tried placing a call, Carrier IQ's software recorded each number before the call was even made.......
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Nexus and Xoom devices are exempt :) http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/1/2602313/google-nexus-android-phones-and-or... On 1 December 2011 15:04, Josiah Mugambi <josiah.mugambi@gmail.com> wrote:
Looks (almost) like a promo for CyanogenMod :)
Not that I mind.
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Mickey Mickey <michaelakunga@gmail.com>wrote:
What th ****k this is impecable
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Juggy Boy <am.mambo@gmail.com> wrote:
Read on......
An Android developer recently discovered a clandestine application called Carrier IQ built into most smartphones that doesn't just track your location; it secretly records your keystrokes, and there's nothing you can do about it. Is it time to put on a tinfoil hat? That depends on how you feel about privacy. In the nearly 20-minute video clip, Eckhart shows how software developed by mobile-device tracker Carrier IQ logs each keystroke and then sends them off to locations unknown. In addition, when Eckhart tried placing a call, Carrier IQ's software recorded each number before the call was even made.......
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scandal of the century, this guys should be sued, who can tell what personal info they have on people. On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Chris Kiagiri <ck@google.com> wrote:
Nexus and Xoom devices are exempt :)
http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/1/2602313/google-nexus-android-phones-and-or...
On 1 December 2011 15:04, Josiah Mugambi <josiah.mugambi@gmail.com> wrote:
Looks (almost) like a promo for CyanogenMod :)
Not that I mind.
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Mickey Mickey <michaelakunga@gmail.com>wrote:
What th ****k this is impecable
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Juggy Boy <am.mambo@gmail.com> wrote:
Read on......
An Android developer recently discovered a clandestine application called Carrier IQ built into most smartphones that doesn't just track your location; it secretly records your keystrokes, and there's nothing you can do about it. Is it time to put on a tinfoil hat? That depends on how you feel about privacy. In the nearly 20-minute video clip, Eckhart shows how software developed by mobile-device tracker Carrier IQ logs each keystroke and then sends them off to locations unknown. In addition, when Eckhart tried placing a call, Carrier IQ's software recorded each number before the call was even made.......
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The US government is probably behind it - forced Android to put secret keyloggers - on its war on terror efforts ??
Is it installed in Safaricom Android phones? On 3 December 2011 22:16, ndungu stephen <ndungustephen@gmail.com> wrote:
The US government is probably behind it - forced Android to put secret keyloggers - on its war on terror efforts ?? _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------
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