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Rootkits on mobile devices ...
Carol Haynes:
Not sure if this applies outside the US but in the US ...
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/so-theres-a-rootkit-hidden-in-millions-of-cellphones/16708?tag=nl.e539
Carrier IQ installed on numerous mobile devices includes a full keylogger!
This is somewhat worrying because even if your provider doesn't currently subscribe to this abomination how do you prevent carriers pushing this to your phone or tablet if/when they decide to use something similar?
Further information for the European members (in particular France and the UK)
A spokesperson for Vodafone has come back to us to say that it does not use Carrier IQ in any of its businesses, and does not use any other software like it, and it adheres strictly to privacy regulations in the jurisdictions where it operates.
France Telecom has also told us the same, noting that regardless of whether Carrier IQ has been loaded on to any of the devices on its network, Orange does not validate it, or any diagnostic services similar to it, so it and other related services do not work.
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see: http://moconews.net/article/419-more-carrier-iq-details-nokia-google-o2-verizon-say-no-dice/
Stoic Joker:
No buggz on the Windows phones however... (hehe) ...Yeah us!
Carol Haynes:
No buggz on the Windows phones however... (hehe) ...Yeah us!
-Stoic Joker (December 01, 2011, 02:59 PM)
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yet ...
JavaJones:
Someone has already found evidence of it on iPhones, though it's unclear what, if anything, is being done with the data. I wouldn't be surprised to find out it's on WinMo too.
- Oshyan
Carol Haynes:
And another article:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/finding-and-cleaning-out-your-smartphones-carrier-iq-poison/1697?tag=nl.e589
It appears that only Windows Phones are immune at the moment but then there is MS Telemetry installed on those that do the same thing - but at least you can turn it off.
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