The row that's been brewing for months over controversial Carrier IQ software has prompted action in Congress: a draft bill titled The Mobile Device Privacy Act was introduced in the US House today Continue reading…
A senior executive at RIM has provided instructions on how to remove Carrier IQ software from its devices. The instructions are part of the BlackBerry Knowledge Base, under the general entry for Continue reading…
As the Carrier IQ story continues to evolve, manufacturers have clearly taken note that customers are not happy with the tracking software. Apple has promised that it would fully remove in a future Continue reading…
Apple is the latest company to distance itself from the Carrier IQ smartphone tracking software. Although references to Carrier IQ were found in iOS, Apple says "most" of its products don't support Continue reading…
HTC just sent us a statement about the Carrier IQ smartphone tracking software — it says it has no formal relationship with Carrier IQ, but that the software is "required on devices by a number of Continue reading…
After a flurry of statements from carriers and manufacturers who claim not to install the Carrier IQ tracking software, we've finally gotten an official statement from Sprint, which admits to using Continue reading…
Almost inevitably, the government is waking up to the Carrier IQ smartphone tracking story: Senator Al Franken, Chairman of the Senate's subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and Law, has asked Continue reading…
RIM just issued a statement saying it doesn't install the Carrier IQ smartphone tracking software, nor does it authorize carrier partners to install it. (It does appear that Carrier IQ supports the Continue reading…
The Carrier IQ smartphone tracking scandal continues to grow, but we've just learned some interesting news from an extremely reliable source: the Google Nexus One, Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus, and the Continue reading…
