XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   Horace Algiers  wrote   
   > 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.   
      
   Lying thru your fucking teeth, as always.   
      
   > 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   
      
   But nothing gets sent to the carrier with an iphone.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   It isnt on anyone's iphone now.   
      
   > 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,   
      
   Not on current iphones it doesn’t.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   There is no CARRIER IQ Agent data gathering on current iphones.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Not on current iphones.   
      
   > 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."   
      
   Not on current iphones.   
      
   > I don't know of any Apple software to detect "Carrier IQ",   
      
   It aint there to detect on current iphones.   
      
   > 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.carr   
   eriqdetector&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,   
      
   Yep, droids are steaming turds wrt the security of your personal data.   
      
   > but it can't detect wither I've adequately disabled it yet   
   > (that's where the T-mobile opt-out instructions apply).   
      
   Yep, droids are steaming turds wrt the security of your personal data.   
      
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