I do not like sneaked programs, hidden in my equipment, doing things that sound unethical ... this data is sent unencrypted, unsecured, and who knows if it's safe from being hacked and used by people OTHER than the police/officials ... you think that foreign countries, or those groups that hold us in contempt wouldn't love to get their hands on this, or do something to disrupt the use of all those cell phones that have this on it ...
Good comment by oldbrokenlink about Carrier IQ :
"Another note is that it was mentioned in an earlier article about Carrier IQ that when asked directly if they could us it to read users' text messages, the C.I.Q. rep they were talking to wa...s quoted as saying "yeah we probably could if we wanted to". That certainly sounds to me like information is in fact being transmitted.
all the companies involved from Carrier IQ developers to the phone carriers to the phone and OS developers who put it in, the whole chain [are liable]
can you imagine in a time of war and terrorism these folks are capturing from our elected officials, their staff, military chain of command, soldiers, ect...
and from what i've read the thing is open to hackers to abuse, can you imagine hackers or terrorists or foreign governments getting this raw feed
what were they thinking
i find it disturbing, irresponsible, illegal, immoral, and even dangerous for them to put a root kit you don't know about and can't easily get rid of
think about it, local/federal police, judges, lawyers, prosecutors, fbi, cia, ect all use cell phones that they use both personally and professionally, and these people have a feed to their phone use, who else can gain access to those feeds or redirect them.
the most sensitive / secret / sacred material is transfered by these folks and a bunch of nobodies without any clearance are all listening in on it!
and not just for this country for all countries, the carrier iq folks brag they are on over 114 million cell phones and rapidly growing"
