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Phone 'Rootkit' Maker Carrier IQ May Have Violated Wiretap Law In Millions Of Cases
Nov 30th, 2011
A piece of keystroke-sniffing software called Carrier IQ has been embedded so deeply in millions of Nokia, Android, and RIM devices that it's tough to spot and nearly impossible to remove, as 25-year old Connecticut systems administrator Trevor Eckhart revealed in a video Tuesday. That's not just creepy, says Paul [...] (Source: Forbes) -
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