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Spyware On Every Android (And Possibly Blackberry) Phone Out There

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Per Gizmodo – Spyware on every Android (and possibly Blackberry and Nokia) phone out there…

If you have any decently modern Android phone, everything you do is being recorded by hidden software lurking inside…

Carrier IQ’s software is installed in your phone at the deepest level. You don’t know it’s there. You are never warned this is happening. You can’t opt-in and you certainly can’t opt-out.

The commercial spyware sits between the user and the applications in the phone so, no matter how secure and private your apps are, the spyware intercepts anything you do. From your location to your web browsing addresses and passwords to the content of your text messages.

This even happens using a private Wi-Fi connection instead of the carrier 3G or 4G connection.

Read more on Gizmodo –> Your Android Phone Is Secretly Recording Everything You Do.

Written by nyctechguy

November 30, 2011 at 4:41 pm

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