Re: [Fed-Talk] ABC WNN reports the iPhone has Carrier IQ software installed
Re: [Fed-Talk] ABC WNN reports the iPhone has Carrier IQ software installed
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] ABC WNN reports the iPhone has Carrier IQ software installed
- From: Dave Schroeder <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:38:21 -0600
Why is having plans for coverage/product improvement, which include opt-in software components -- irrespective of poor/overbroad implementations on other platforms -- a bad thing?
The implementation on iOS doesn't log keystrokes, so your second statement is moot. "CarrierIQ" is not a monolithic product that has the same features and functionality whenever and wherever it's deployed.
- Dave
On Dec 1, 2011, at 10:25 AM, Pike, Michael (IHS/HQ) wrote:
> Hard to believe the same guy that made the original iSight camera have a manual shutter to block the lens would allow this to be on their flagship product, even though it wasn't there originally.
>
> I am glad I never allow diagnostic information to be sent, although it is somewhat disheartening to know it could potentially log keystrokes and passwords.
>
> All these cool toys we get, but behind the scenes they are logging our every life move.
>
>
> On Dec 1, 2011, at 4:27 AM, Dave Schroeder wrote:
>
>> Apple is "aware" of everything that is a part of iOS.
>>
>> The CarrierIQ elements that are present, which are significantly less than are present on Android, are only enabled when Diagnostics mode is enabled on iOS, which is disabled by default:
>>
>> http://blog.chpwn.com/post/13572216737?fe250de0
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>> - Dave
>>
>> On Dec 1, 2011, at 3:43 AM, Reichard, Martin (NIH/NIAID) [C] wrote:
>>
>>> World News Now reported this morning that the Carrier IQ logging software is installed on the iPhone. I wonder if Apple was aware of this software on the iPhone?
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