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Mobile Apps Take Data Without Permission - 6 mars 2012
The address book in smartphones "” where some of the user’s most personal data is carried "” is free for app developers to take at will, often without the phone owner’s knowledge.
Companies that make many of the most popular smartphone apps for Apple and Android devices "” Twitter, Foursquare and Instagram among them (...)
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Survey : What Was The Top #Privacy Story of 2011 ? - 27 décembre 2011
Privacy was in the news a lot in 2011. After asking for suggestions at the Twitter Privacy Chat, on Google+ and Facebook, and on a couple of mailing lists, we’ve assembled a list of 17 top privacy stories :
Pervasive use of surveillance tools : surveillance cameras, license plate scanners, TSA expands beyond (...)
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Et si les opérateurs mobiles français se mettaient aussi à vous espionner ? - 25 décembre 2011
Un chercheur américain a découvert mi-novembre que les opérateurs mobiles avaient des informations sur les habitudes de consommation de leurs clients. Un opérateur français travaillerait sur le même type de technologie, Thomas Gouritin, récapitule les dangers de ces logiciels espions.
Carrier IQ : ce nom ne vous dit (...)
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FBI contacted phone monitoring firm about software - 16 décembre 2011
A senior executive at a technology company that makes monitoring software secretly installed on 141 million cellphones said Thursday that the FBI approached the company about using its technology but was rebuffed. The disclosure came one day after FBI Director Robert Mueller assured Congress that agents "neither (...)
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Carrier IQ : le FBI avait approché l’éditeur - 16 décembre 2011
Tout en s’expliquant longuement de nouveau sur son outil d’optimisation des réseaux mobiles installé sur les mobiles, l’éditeur Carrier IQ a reconnu que le FBI l’avait approché mais, affirme-t-il, sans succès.
Carrier IQ logoCarrier IQ, ce service présent sur des millions de mobiles qui ne serait là que pour des besoins (...)
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Carrier IQ faces federal probe into allegations software tracks cellphone data - 15 décembre 2011
Federal investigators are probing allegations that Carrier IQ software found on about 150 million cellphones tracked user activity and sent the information to cellphone companies without informing consumers, according to government officials.
Executives from Carrier IQ traveled to Washington on Tuesday and met (...)
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FBI never sought Carrier IQ data, director says - 15 décembre 2011
FBI Director Robert Mueller today denied his agency has ever sought any information directly from Carrier IQ for any of its investigations.
But Mueller said he couldn’t rule out the possibility that some customer data obtained by the FBI from wireless carriers may have been gathered by Carrier IQ’s software.
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Carrier IQ faces US probe - 15 décembre 2011
US investigators looking into claims that Carrier IQ tracks mobile phone user activity
US federal investigators are looking into claims that software from Carrier IQ, which is installed on about 150m mobile phones, has been used to track user activity and send data to carriers without customers’ knowledge.
The (...)
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US senator calls for answers on phone ’snooping’ - 4 décembre 2011
The maker of the smartphone software that triggered a snooping row has been called to account by a US Senator.
Senator Al Franken has written to Carrier IQ asking it to explain the "troubling" findings of security expert Trevor Eckhart.
Mr Eckhart claimed Carrier IQ software could log everything people did on (...)
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CarrierIQ - Still many questions to be answered - 2 décembre 2011
Over the past couple of weeks a story has been growing in severity about mobile phone diagnostics developer, CarrierIQ. I am not going to post links to all the stories (there are many) because the chances are if you are reading this blog you are already aware of who CarrierIQ are and what their technology does. (...)
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Legal row over Carrier IQ ’surveillance’ app claims - 1er décembre 2011
A hidden application found on millions of smartphones can log almost everything a user does, claims a US security researcher.
Trevor Eckhart unearthed the Carrier IQ application that runs largely unseen on many smartphone handsets.
Mr Eckhart said the software could log locations, websites visited, key presses (...)
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Apple iPhone linked to Carrier IQ ’spyware’ - 1er décembre 2011
References to controversial software that can be used to monitor almost everything a user does have been uncovered in Apple’s iOS operating system for the iPhone.
Carrier IQ’s software is sold to mobile operators as a way of monitoring how their networks are used but it has been labelled as "spyware" by critics. It (...)
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Software on Android phones ’tracking every key stroke’ - 1er décembre 2011
Software installed on millions of Android phones is thought to be secretly tracking every key stroke, Google search, and text message by their users, it has been claimed.
An Android app developer in America has posted a video showing what he claims is ’conclusive proof’ that ’Carrier IQ’ software installed by (...)
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IQ Insight Experience Manager - 30 novembre 2011
IQ Insight Experience Manager provides a level of visibility into true customer experience that was, previously unavailable in the mobile industry. Based on Carrier IQ’s leading Mobile Service Intelligence technology, IQ Insight Experience Manager uses data directly from the mobile phone itself to give a precise (...)
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Carrier IQ, le mouchard de poche d’Android - 30 novembre 2011
« Voyez précisément comment vos clients interagissent avec leur téléphone ; identifiez les services qu’ils utilisent et les contenus qu’ils consultent, même sur Internet ! » Contrairement aux apparences, cette accroche publicitaire n’est pas fictive, ni humoristique. Publiée sur le site de Carrier IQ, éditeur de logiciels (...)
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CarrierIQ - 30 novembre 2011
What is Carrier IQ ?
Carrier IQ (CIQ) sells rootkit software included on many US handsets sold on Sprint, Verizon and more. Devices supported include android phones, Blackberries, Nokias, Tablet devices and more.
From carrieriq.com :
Carrier IQ is the market leader in Mobile Service Intelligence solutions that (...)
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Un logiciel-espion installé sur plusieurs millions de téléphones américains - 30 novembre 2011
Un développeur spécialisé dans Android, le système d’exploitation de Google pour téléphones mobiles, a révélé l’existence d’un programme installé par des fournisseurs d’accès américains sur des millions de portables, qui enregistre de très nombreuses informations sur l’activité des utilisateurs et les transmet au fournisseur (...)
