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An article by Stan Schroeder posted on Mashable.com on the Mashable Tech webpage.
This article provides information, and a video, about tracking software that is installed in smartphone that is recording much more than users have realized.
The article states, "Carrier IQ, a diagnostic tool installed in millions of smartphones all over the world, is gathering a lot of info about your activity – possibly even recording keystrokes, content of SMS messages and more – and sending it to a third party.
It’s present on nearly all Android devices, but not Galaxy Nexus, Google Nexus One, Nexus S, or the Motorola Xoom. It’s also present on iOS devices, but it seems to be active only when the device is in diagnostic mode.
This is the short version of what is quickly becoming a very complicated story with huge implications for user privacy."
There is a video link in the article, that shows the software in action. The article discusses what is shown in the video and states, "While this doesn’t prove that Carrier IQ is actually sending the data back to Carrier IQ’s servers, it’s definitely disconcerting to see all this done by an app which is completely out of users’ control."
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