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FBI Says Carrier IQ Files Used For "Law Enforcement Purposes"

Posted December 12, 2011 5:04 PM

From Boing Boing:

The FBI disclosed this weekend that it uses data gathered by Carrier IQ software for "law enforcement purposes", but refused to give any details of exactly how it has done so.

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12/12/2011 5:32 PM

Bit disturbing - need to see the follow-up. (I use T-Mobile).

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Re: FBI Says Carrier IQ Files Used For "Law Enforcement Purposes"

12/14/2011 2:17 PM

Yes... " is capable of logging and transmitting everything typed by users, though Carrier IQ insists that it does not do so." S-u-r-e. They would never do anything so invasive, would they?
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Re: FBI Says Carrier IQ Files Used For "Law Enforcement Purposes"

12/15/2011 5:21 AM

Of course they do.

No surprises here.

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