Secret Software on Millions of Phones Logging Everything

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"The Android developer who raised the ire of a mobile-phone monitoring company last week is on the attack again, producing a video of how the Carrier IQ software secretly installed on millions of mobile phones reports most everything a user does on a phone." - wired.com

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sorg android developer detect ada secret software kbnykan org tatau (kata mereka laa) installed dlm smart fon android, blakberi, nokia..
software Carrier IQ kononnya tak diketahui fungsinye sampai laa mamat ni test software tu..
sila tgk video..

http://youtu.be/T17XQI_AYNo

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“Every button you press in the dialer before you call,” he says on the video, “it already gets sent off to the IQ application.”
From there, the data — including the content of text messages - is sent to Carrier IQ’s servers, in secret.

By the way, it cannot be turned off.." -Trevor Eckhart (android dev)

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bila diorg komplen kat company Carrier IQ tu, company tu menafikan laa kunun² nyer stakat analytic & quality control,
so mamat ni pon buat laa video nak proof betol / tak betol nyer.. dan dia anggap software ni sbgai 'rootkit' yg senyap² mencuri & transfer data² rahsia setiap kali anda online..


smartfon geek, cer siasat ada ker software tu install..?


source: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/201...logging-video/
source: http://androidsecuritytest.com/featu...rrieriq-part2/

stakat ni, kat enset aku memang takde menatang ni.. sebab dari hari ke-2 aku beli, aku dah guna custom rom. (tak tau la kalo dia nyuruk kat belakang, jadi script je)

aku dah buang google maps, location, banyak lagi laa default punya apps aku dah buang.. mensemak jer..

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Note also that if you're running an Android Open Source Project (AOSP) based ROM—like CyanogenMod—you do not have Carrier IQ installed on your system. These apps are based on the original, open source version of Android, and don't include any carrier or manufacturer additions like Carrier IQ. If you're using a modded version of your manufacturer's ROM, however—for example, a modded HTC Sense or Samsung TouchWiz ROM—you could still have it installed. To avoid this, either flash AOSP based ROMs, or flash ROMs with Carrier IQ specifically removed (many will say NOCIQ or something similar on their description pages).

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untuk maklumat macammana nak trace n buang, gi kat sini

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Originally Posted by bakemonster

untuk maklumat macammana nak trace n buang, gi kat sini

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trima kasih bakemonster ; )


update:
aritu diorg kata iphone selamat tak kene.. tp arini news dari cnet..

"Carrier IQ, a company that provides tracking tools to carriers and phone vendors, has come under fire as of late for monitoring Android-based devices. And now, the company's software has been found on the iPhone.

Carrier IQ's software is running on every iOS version dating back to iOS 3, well-known iPhone hacker "Chpwn" said yesterday in a blog post. Chpwn dug through the iPhone's operating system for any sign of Carrier IQ and found it deeply embedded in the operating system's "/usr/bin/" directory."

source http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57...o-hacker-says/



analisa rambang (chewah):

benda² ni (masa beli baru kire mmg dah ada laa) dikatakan dah lama wujud secara hidden / secret dari pengetahuan user.. tapi dikesan dlm gadget original setting (oleh dev. & hacker)..
bermakna, hardware manufacture (samseng, htc, apple, bbm..) & software provider (android, iOS, rim, win..) diorg mmg kire bersubahat sama laa, tp saja diorg senyapkan utk kepentingan diorg atas alasan sistem analysa, tracking & monitoring kunun nyer..

sebenarnya sambil tu diorg nak info kita.. sama mcm kes internet privacy yg diorg kondem facebook baru² ni (dan lain² site) yg mencuri data.. info kita yg diorg curi tu bernilai & akan dijual lak ke 3rd party.. dan/atau mungkin akan direkodkan pulak ker spy agency kalo diorg detect ada info berunsur terrorism (agaknyer)..

kesimpulan:

• semakin canggih lifestyle kita, semakin tak selamat sbnarnye.. kita diperhatikan ahaha..
• istilah smartfon bukan laa 'smart' utk kita sbgai consumer, tp diorg ni yg 'smart' sbnrnyer..
  ibarat kata pepatah, 'sambil mnyelam buang air' -karamsing :p

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apa kata mereka:

• "bukan kitorg yg nak install, tp sesetgh software carrier yg mensyaratkan kene install" -samsung
• "lepas ni start iOS5, semua iPhone & iPad updates akan dtg, kitorg akan buang 'rootkit' ni.." -apple
• "BBM & RIM kitorg takde install mende ni.." -blekberi
  tp Trevor Eckhart yg discover 'rootkit' ni claim blekberi pon ada
• "sapa nak mulakan 'take legal action' pada diorg ni semua..?" -tweeps
  masalahnyer yg terbabit semua taikun² technology yg kita guna hari² & juga yg kita guna skg ni.. sapa yg brani nak bersuara.. lol (mungkin gov pon ada terbabit)..

#CarrierIQ tweeps


note:

Carrier IQ mulanyer nak saman Trevor Eckhart (android dev.) pasal menggelarkan benda tu sbgai 'rootkit' (dan 'memporak perandakan' tech news dgn discovery nyer).. last² diorg tarik balik niat nak saman.. lepas semua tech news support usaha mamat ni.. source

kalo ada sbarang kemusykilan sila tanya bakemonster ; )