[Chapter-delegates] EU personal data protection laws and trojan software Iqcarrier active on romanian cellular devices

[Eduard Tric]

Patrick, Marcin,
If was not our intent to start a technical discussion that might go beyond the scope of the list ( setting up an information site for final users might be a good idea), but to have elements of answer to the basic question : Is this legal in Romania, Europe and elsewhere? Millions of users are concerned.
Regards,
Ed

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From: "Patrick Vande Walle" <patrick at vande-walle.eu>
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Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2011 3:45:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] EU personal data protection laws and trojan software Iqcarrier active on romanian cellular devices




On 01.12.2011 14:08, Marcin Cieslak wrote: 



What about Android? Does iq exhibit itself for example in the "adb lolcat" output when running the phone at full debug? 



Marcin, 

Regarding Android, the situation varies widely. Some carriers customise the ROM, others deliver the phone manufacturer's stock ROM. Additionally, you can install a custom ROM, like Cyanogenmod. Have a look here to see how you can test: http://www.theverge.com/mobile/2011/12/1/2602528/how-to-test-your-android-device-for-carrier-iq-rootkit My phone, running Cyanogenmod, does not. 

If you want to check if the CarrierIQ agent is isntalled on your phone, look at the video here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T17XQI_AYNo 

For iPhones, I stumbled across this link: http://www.theverge.com/2011/11/30/2601875/carrier-iq-references-discovered-apple-ios-iphone It seems to confirm what ED just wrote. 

Patrick 
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