According to the allegations of the past two days Carrier IQ has moved position again. In a communication, the Late yesterday evening, our time has been released, defends and explains the company of the same software to be installed on more than 150 million mobile phones.
So be "Carrier IQ" in a position to verify whether a message was sent correctly or not, could not, however, the content of this record. Also no screenshots of applications are received, only the resource consumption is stored and transmitted. Also on the device contained pictures, songs or videos, no information is collected, the company said.
Consumers' privacy would be respected, the protection of data is ensured by encryption, among other things. In addition to IN QUESTION strictly within the limits of the respective laws and regulations, which is why, all of the allegations in this direction.
Carrier IQ's customers were "leading provider" for which you create using the controversial software and network efficiency detailed check and analysts from the collected data. This can leave the mobile operators not only to their own tools for monitoring the performance, the most important data deliver the mobile phone. "Carrier IQ" for example, would help to pinpoint the causes for interrupted calls or low battery life.
Mobile operators and handset manufacturers will now also partly from any sovereign character. While Apple has acknowledged, according to Macworld quite frankly, to have recourse to iOS 5 on the software - in its current incarnation, are merely more fragments contain the program, the two major U.S. provider AT & T and Sprint use more or admitted less open, so the Handelsblatt. In this country the German Telekom and Vodafone have "Carrier IQ" is not used.
HTC and Samsung have granted the application on some models, but only at the express request of the provider. Research in Motion pointed out that the program does not install and mobile operators do not have permission to strike up there. According chip could be detected, the tool now also on a Samsung P1000 Galaxy Tab.
At least in the U.S., the policy is not satisfied with the official statements of Carrier IQ. As reported by Gizmodo, the U.S. Senate, the company has to answer a few questions asked.