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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 31, 2012
Congress wanted answers regarding Google's updated and consolidated privacy policy that goes into effect March 1, and el Goog has responded with a blog post as well as a 13-page letter to eight ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 28, 2012
The folks at Symantec have tipped everyone off about a new piece of Android Malware, calling Android.Counterclank "a bot-like threat that can receive commands to carry out certain actions, as w...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 24, 2012
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Google has announced that it is in the process of streamlining its privacy policy, combining more than 60 current documents for various products into one easy to re...
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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 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
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 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 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 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 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...
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by Chris Parsons
Oct 12, 2011
Priacy policies. A touchy subject for some and if you're a Verizon customer who is concerned with such things you'll want to make sure you're up-to-date on some new privacy policy change...
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by Chris Parsons
Oct 05, 2011
The folks from PrivacyStar are celebrating a bit after their sponsored Porsche 911 GT3 driven by Patrick Long won the 2011 GT Drivers Championship in the Pirelli World Challenge at Road Atlanta in B...
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by Menno
Jun 19, 2011
Lightbox is a camera/gallery replacement application that bills itself as "The Connected Camera," allowing you to snap, "enhance," and easily share your pictures with your favorite...
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by Chris Parsons
May 20, 2011
While the privacy debates will continue, Firefox is taking the concerns of users into its own hands introducing the "Do Not Track" feature in their latest Android build of Firefox. Users wi...
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by Joshua Munoz
Apr 16, 2011
All of you privacy fiends out there will appreciate this one. In the Android Market's latest update, Google has added the option to remove yourself from targeted ads.It's a small gesture, but definite...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 30, 2010
Everyone should take their personal data seriously, and the people behind TaintDroid are about to help us all with that. It's a joint project between Intel, Penn State University, and Duke Unive...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 29, 2010
Let's recap: Late Wednesday night (or early Thursday morning), we reported on a story published at Mobile Beat that came out of the Black Hat online security conference. At the conference, Kevi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 24, 2010
One of the biggest misconceptions users migrating to the Android platform have is that theywill be sacrificing security compared to their previous flavor of smartphone OS. This couldn't be farth...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 07, 2010
Remember all the fuss a while back about DRM-protected MP3 files, and how the industry was (thankfully!) moving away from them? Well, it appears that not everyone really has abandoned the p...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 28, 2010
The biggest leap many Android users have to make is going all-in with Google. E-mail, contacts, search results -- Google knows it all. Today is International Data Privacy Day, and the Big G is taking...
