XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: horace@horacealgiers.com   
      
   On Wed, 21 Sep 2016 11:09:32 -0400, Davoud wrote:   
      
   > Fortunately, there is no history of mental illness in my famil   
      
   Somehow, no matter *what* the subject matter is, you consistently prove   
   that you're a kook who can't add any value to *any* discussion.   
      
   Anyway, it seems that *most* carriers and *both* major platforms (i.e.,   
   both Apple & Google) seems to have employed carrier-diagnostic software   
   initially created by a Silicon Valley company called "Carrier IQ".   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier_IQ   
      
   On December 1, 2011, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile confirmed that "Carrier IQ"   
   was on their phones. Verizon was the only one of the four biggest U.S.   
   firms to say it was not installed on their phones.   
      
   Apple, HTC, and Samsung said the Carrier IQ diagnostic software was   
   installed on their phones. Apple said it had quit supporting the   
   application in iOS 5. It said, "With any diagnostic data sent to Apple,   
   customers must actively opt-in to share this information and Apple said it   
   would scrub the software from phones in some future release.   
      
   As Savageduck and tlvp found out for Verizon "The IQ Agent software runs in   
   the background, and the user is not usually aware of its presence unless   
   the implementation includes an on-off switch".   
      
   Luckily T-Mobile includes that opt-out switch on all their Android phones.   
   I'm not sure yet if anyone here has an iPhone with T-Mobile who can see if   
   they can opt out of the Carrier IQ Agent data gathering.   
      
   The software is on over a hundred million smart phones according to the   
   Wikipedia article as Carrier IQ acts as a diagnostic agent for the mobile   
   carrier operators.   
      
   Their value equation to the mobile carriers is "real time" collection of   
   data: "Carrier IQ¡¦s Mobile Service Intelligence solution eliminates   
   guesswork by automatically providing accurate, real-time data direct from   
   the source ¡V your customers' handsets."   
      
   I don't know of any Apple software to detect "Carrier IQ", but, there is an   
   Android app on Google Play which does not require rooting that will   
   identify the app:   
      
   https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.carrie   
   iqdetector&hl=en   
   CarrierIQ Scanner & Protection by Lookout Labs   
      
   I created a bogus Google Play account, and ran the software and it detected   
   Carrier IQ software on my mobile handset, but it can't detect wither I've   
   adequately disabled it yet (that's where the T-mobile opt-out instructions   
   apply).   
      
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