Appolicious - It seems the dark side of pre-installed software on our Android devices is emerging, as the Carrier IQ controversy continues. What Android researcher and app developer Trevor Eckhart uncovered with Carrier IQ’s data collection methods has upturned an entire mobile industry, questioning what mobile carriers and manufacturers are really doing with the information generated by our handset activity. Carrier IQ has already issued a statement, defending a snowball of accusations regarding its “rootkit” software status. ...
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