Carrier IQ: Requires Additional Review
Wed Dec 14 03:24:47 EST 2011 by Counter Threat UnitCarrier IQ, Inc. has received more public attention in the past 60 days than it has in the previous five years that the company has existed. The software, Carrier IQ (CIQ), is analytics software designed to improve the end user experience by providing information such as dropped calls, service coverage and software crashes to wireless providers. Recent legal action by Carrier IQ, Inc. met with reactive action by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and has caused a recent media frenzy around privacy and disclosure issues surrounding the software.
