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Carrier IQ Defends Itself in Furor Over Smartphone Users’ Privacy
Advocacy groups such as Free Press in Washington, D.C., and Consumer Watchdog in Santa Monica called for congressional and regulatory probes into Carrier IQ. And on Friday, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the company. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) sent the company a letter requesting information about its data collection practices.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Wants Probe of Carrier IQ, Carriers
Friday, December 2, 2011
Consumer Watchdog has called for a U.S. government investigation of Carrier IQ, the maker of tracking software for mobile phones, and its users.
Continue reading...Carrier IQ Faces Lawsuits, Lawmaker Seeks FTC Probe
Friday, December 2, 2011
The Consumer Watchdog activist group asked the U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission to investigate the "Spyphone Scandal." "The probe should extend beyond the software developer, Carrier IQ, and include operating systems developers like Google and Apple as well as carriers and device manufacturers, the nonpartisan, nonprofit public interest group said.
Continue reading...Carrier IQ: Consumer Watchdog Asks Justice, FCC to Investigate
Friday, December 2, 2011
Advocacy group Consumer Watchdog announced this afternoon that it has sent letters to the Justice Department and the FCC calling on them to investigate not only Carrier IQ, but also operating system makers, as well as handset manufacturers and phone carriers for their role in what it has dubbed the “Spyphone scandal.”
Continue reading...All Eyes On Carrier IQ Following Spyware Allegations
Thursday, December 1, 2011
"If they're gathering every individual's keystrokes, that's a tremendous invasion of privacy, John Simpson, director of the privacy project at Consumer Watchdog, told TechNewsWorld.
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Saturday, December 3, 2011
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