I read a farly laughable article by Lance Ulanoff of Mashable Tech who suggested carrier IQ rootkit is misunderstood and not evil.
Ulanoff compared the software to Dr. Watson which is Microsoft diagnostic software that ran in the background in older versions of Windows . Watson is as a process that user's could disable.
Dr. Watson did not keep track of URL that a user typed in or a user's location. Carrier IQ can be used a key logger that keeps track of every user keystroke.
One recent You tube video suggests that Carrier IQ cannot be turned off. Other articles suggest this software ins installed on 150 million phones and many other models besides the IPhone and Android
One cellphone user found a tool online to stop Carrier IQ. However, after disabling Carrier IQ, the HTC IQ Agent was still running. This suggests that when you force the program off, it automatically restarts.
Who would be the biggest beneficiary of this technology? Certainly, the FBI could use it in federal criminal cases and the CIA could use it to spy on the cell phones of suspected terrorists and other belligerents.
The biggest beneficiary would be the police. Police in Michigan and elsewhere have been asking for cell phones during traffic stops and cloning the contents. The data from HTC IQ malware could undoubtedly be useful to the police.
However, without a warrant, the police have no right to scan your cell phone.
Why do the police now have technology like this?
Why do the police now have technology like this?
It's because the intelligence agencies shared their secrets with the police courtesy of the Patriot Act. In the past this technology could only be used against American citizens in very special situations.
see http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/34/3458.asp
source: You tube Uploadby Intellihome on Dec 3, 2011
source: http://mashable.com/2011/12/03/carrier-iq-is-misunderstood-not-evil/
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source: You tube Uploadby Intellihome on Dec 3, 2011
source: http://mashable.com/2011/12/03/carrier-iq-is-misunderstood-not-evil/
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2 comments:
Nice blog. In this blog sharing discussing various new technologies. Carrier IQ rootkit information is useful me. I am always looking out for iq
Thank you for your kind comments. there are articles on CNET in how to disable Carrier IQ. Apparently the software can't be removed, just disabled on the IPhone.
If you’re using an iPhone or iPad, head into Settings > General > About > Diagnostics & Usage, and click “Don’t Send.”
See http://www.extremetech.com/computing/107427-carrier-iq-which-phones-are-infected-and-how-to-remove-it
for instructions on other phones.
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