Carrier IQ is a program that records everything you do on your mobile phone. Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile are known to have used Carrier IQ, so chances are good your phone is infected. Make no mistake, infected is the right word, since Carrier IQ is spyware of the highest order, and who knows what else it’s doing with your information? Here’s how to kill it. PC Mag has the story.
Carrier IQ is also hugely illegal, a violation of Federal wiretap laws, and an excellent source of consumer lawsuits. If your phone is infected, and chances are good that it is, then get yourself informed. You may have a part to play in a rather impressive lawsuit and legal curbstomping.