Answering the demand for the U.S. Senate, Al Franken, a number of manufacturers and mobile operators started to send a list of products in which there is software made by Carrier IQ. The software has previously been demonstrated by a developer as a dangerous spyware that can monitor every movement of users, including knowing the password and record telephone conversations.
AT & T, Sprint, HTC and Samsung have sent a list of requested by members of the Senate. Opsel even acknowledge that Carrier IQ is able to read the contents of an SMS with ‘certain conditions’. And this is a complete list of mobile phones in which there is spyware Carrier IQ:
AT & T: the carrier is putting the around 900,000 mobile phone users have a Carrier IQ. This software classified in the 11 devices that use the services of AT & T Wireless:
It added that the Carrier IQ has been installed but not activated because the software has the potential to disrupt the performance of the phone:
Carrier IQ is also installed in the free AT & T Mark the Spot application, available on Android and BlackBerry smartphones.
Sprint: 26 million devices are activated via the carrier Sprint has the Carrier IQ in it. According to Sprint devices, was used almost half of their customers (53.4 million consumers), so chances are there on all Android phones are activated through Sprint. Here’s a brand that has a Sprint cell phone Carrier IQ software inside it:
Samsung: Samsung mobile phones there are 25 million who have spyware installed Carrier IQ, so the recognition of the Samsung in the U.S. Senate. And here’s a list given Samsung:
T-Mobile
Cricket
AT & T
HTC
Carrier IQ HTC preinstalled spyware on about 6.3 million Android phones:
Sprint
T-Mobile
AT & T
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