Analysis of Carrier IQ Software

Log Pile by Lars Hammer on Flickr http://flic.kr/p/a4XR3b

Log Pile by Lars Hammer on Flickr http://flic.kr/p/a4XR3b

There has been some confusion and multiple conflicting statements about the Carrier IQ issues that were highlighted in Trevor Ekharts’s initial video some weeks ago.  I will attempt to hopefully clarify some of that confusion and show that, despite statements to the contrary, there is capture and transmission of sensitive information to 3rd parties resulting from misconfigured Carrier IQ software. [Read more…]