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David, According to Apple, versions of iOS BEFORE iOS 5, Carrier IQ was included. As of iOS 5 Apple has stopped supporting it, although it's still available as an option to "turn on". They state it'll be removed in a future iOS 5 update. Until Apple fully removes Carrier IQ "in a future software update", here's how to disable Carrier IQ: Tap Settings inside your iPhone, then tap About. Tap Diagnostics & Usage, and then tap "Don't Send." Troy Murray Michigan State University College of Medicine B136D Life Science E: [log in to unmask] P: 517-432-2760 F: 517-355-7254 RedHat 5 Certified Technician RedHat 5 Certified Systems Administrator HL7 V2.6/2.5 Certified Control Specialist On Dec 6, 2011, at 9:14 AM, David Graff wrote: > I've done a lot of digging on this in the last week or two, and here's the > basic rundown: > > CarrierIQ is a company that provides quality of service monitoring software > for cell phones. This software has a whole suite of abilities that range > from recording signal levels to uploading logs to tracking GPS locations to > recording every single keypress/SMS/email/anything else that goes in and out > of the device. Your mobile carrier licenses the software in partnership with > the vendor and builds a custom agent for your phone around CarrierIQ's code. > Ideally they would only use the portions that can collect anonymous usage > data (signal levels, device error logs, etc) and give you a way to opt out > if you so choose. What really happened is that the whole CarrierIQ package > in it's obtrusive glory was installed by HTC on this device, meaning it > intercepts everything down to the keypress. You then have to trust that the > data, although being intercepted, isn't actually being logged and transmitted. > > Considering every single phone vendor's complete inability to write good, > secure software (Motoblur, TouchWiz, SenseUI I'm looking at you), it is a > huge leap of faith for us to also trust that they have installed CarrierIQ > "right" that won't result in personal data being logged or data leakage to > other apps installed on the system. Especially went you can't disable it > short of rooting and re-flashing. > > If you are going the Android route, I would strongly advise that you get one > of the Google Nexus phones which doesn't have any of this garbage > vendor/carrier customization on it. Or get an iPhone. > > On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:01:43 +0000, Al Puzzuoli <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Just saw this. Not sure how big of a deal it will be yet, but worth keeping > an eye on: >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/30/smartphone_spying_app/ >> >> >> Al Puzzuoli >> Michigan State University >> Information Technologist > http://www.rcpd.msu.edu >> Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities 517-884-1915 120 Bessey Hall > East Lansing, MI 48824-1033