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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 22, 2013
HTC America has settled with the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) over concerns that the company put millions of customer's personal information at risk with insecure implementations of software o...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 24, 2012
Thermalx, in our T-Mobile HTC One S Q&A, writes,
I thought carriers had about stopped with the whole Carrier IQ thing. But according to this T-Mo doc, the One S has Carrier IQ, any thoughts ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 17, 2012
Verizon just gave us a heads up to a new update for the LG Revolution that, among other things, will add "Verizon Remote Diagnostics" to the smartphone.
Before anybody freaks out, Verizon...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 27, 2012
Carrier IQ cares. Or, rather, for Carrier IQ, it's all about care. The much-maligned California analytics company has weathered the Great Privacy Scandal of 2011 and today at Mobile World Congre...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 25, 2012
Sprint today is rolling out the EL29 update for the Epic 4G Touch (aka the Samsung Galaxy S II). This is the update we first told you about a week ago when the source code dropped. And today, the up...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 18, 2012
Both the Samsung Epic 4G and the Samsung Epic 4G Touch have new kernel source up at Samsung's open source portal. The Original Epic 4G has the kernel and other open-source bits for update ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 17, 2012
When Sprint first told Android Central that it has ceased using the Carrier IQ analytics software on its Android smartphones, throwing a switch on the server side while leaving the app itself dorman...
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by Jared DiPane
Jan 16, 2012
Just a few days ago we caught word of an update that was rolling out to the HTC EVO 3D and reports are that it also removed Carrier IQ from the device. Folks who have checked around in the manage ap...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 16, 2011
Sprint today told Android Central that it is no longer using Carrier IQ to collect diagnostic data from its devices. The statement comes in response to our asking Sprint about an anonymously sourced...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 16, 2011
U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., didn't like what he'd heard about the whole Carrier IQ saga. And after receiving answers from the analytics company, he still doesn't like what he hears. O...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 16, 2011
AT&T's responses to questions posed by U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., over the use of Carrier IQ analytics software are probably the most interesting we've seen thus far.
AT&T...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 16, 2011
Samsung Mobile, in its response to U.S. Sen. Al Franken over the Carrier IQ saga, says that it's sold some 25 million cell phones preloaded with Carrier IQ software, which it's been using si...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 16, 2011
Update: Sprint says it's no longer using Carrier IQ
Sprint, in its reponse to U.S. Sen. Al Franken over its use of the Carrier IQ software, goes into great detail about how and why it needs and...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 16, 2011
Now here's where it gets interesting. In HTC's response to questioning from U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., it listed some 6.3 million "active devices" that have Carrier IQ installe...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 14, 2011
We're all getting tired of the whole Carrier IQ mess. Analytics are necessary evil, but in this case done in a totally bullshit way, with little or no regard to how the consumer might feel...
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by Jason Harrison
Dec 13, 2011
At least the cavity search was done via microUSB. -- More DroidDoodles
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 13, 2011
Carrier IQ, the company that everyone -- for right or wrong -- has come to hate of late has released a document explaining in plain English how it does what it does. "Understanding Carrier IQ T...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 06, 2011
Our mantra around here is that you should aways start and end your day with Android Central -- we're the center of the Android Universe, after all. But when we're not busy stroking o...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 06, 2011
Chalk up another carrier in the "No" column when it comes to Carrier IQ, apparently. Regional carrier US Cellular, in an internal memo, USC says unequivocably, "None of our devices ha...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 05, 2011
In a pair of unreleased memos seen in the usual spy-shot fashion, Sprint and T-Mobile both have, at least internally, discussed the Carrier IQ saga with their employees.
The memos discuss the...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 05, 2011
Android hacker and professional security consultant Dan Rosenberg (you may know him as djrbliss from the Internets) has completed his own study on Carrier IQ, and found some interesting results.&nbs...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 04, 2011
A little light reading for a fine fall Sunday. What is CarrierIQ, what's all the fuss about, and what can be done?
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 02, 2011
Thing 1: The ASUS Transformer Prime
ASUS Transformer Prime review
Hands-on with the ASUS Transformer Prime
Look for the Transformer Prime around the week of Dec. 19, ASUS says
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 02, 2011
The CyanogenMod team today has dropped a little update on the progress of CM9, its custom, Android Open Source Project-based build of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The short version is they're...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 01, 2011
Carrier IQ has issued a new press release defending its business and reminding us all that it works not unilaterally, but for the operator -- the carrier. The nut:
Carrier IQ acts as an agent fo...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 01, 2011
There's been plenty of coverage surrounding Carrier IQ in recent days, so it was only a matter of time before we'd be hearing whisperings over on this side of the Atlantic. However, som...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 30, 2011
Seems like every time you turn around you'll see corporations using sneaky tricks to gain a competitive advantage over a different, yet equally sneaky corporation. That's usually how m...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 23, 2011
Well, that was quick. Carrier IQ just sent out a press statement saying it's withdrawn its cease-and desist letter to Trevor Eckhart, who recently detailed how the company's action worked. S...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 27, 2011
Market research firm IDC has named Carrier IQ -- a name that provokes a cringe or two -- one of the "companies to watch" for analytics groups under $100 million in revenue. Because i...
