[Noisebridge-discuss] Android users can detect CarrierIQ, everyone else is out of luck.

[Mitch Altman]

The meetup I organized for NB back in June drew about 45 people.  I rooted my phone there with the help of everyone.  It took me about 3 hours.  I documented the process and created a wiki page for it (which Owen edited to make it nicer to read):https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Android_and_Arduino
 Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 18:00:36 -0800
From: coreyfro at coreyfro.com
To: daravinne at gmail.com
CC: jake at spaz.org; reboots at g-cipher.net; arlo23 at gmail.com; noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net; jay at spaz.org; resin at spaz.org
Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Android users can detect CarrierIQ, everyone else is out of luck.

http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices

On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Christina Olson <daravinne at gmail.com> wrote:

My EVO has carrier iq on it according to the Voodoo app, and it is a

rooted stock rom from XDA-dev forums.  (I like the Sense interface a

lot so I prefer the Stock roms)



When a dev roots and packages a stock rom, they aren't removing

CarrierIQ, simply because no one knew about it?  This is an

interesting question that might become obsolete very fast since the

source for android has been released.  I assume that one can build

one's own android system, and getting device drivers is going to be

the real problem, but maybe someone else can tell me better.



I also bought a Coby Kyros 8125 tablet and found there were no roms

for it; it has 2.3.3 on it and the Gingerbreak exploit does not work

for it.  I'd like to learn how to root an android system manually,

from scratch, using the android SDK; I already spent some time

checking out various tutorials but I haven't completed a root of it.







On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Corey McGuire <coreyfro at coreyfro.com> wrote:

> Try the Voodoo Carrier IQ detector.  Folks on XDA-dev vetted it.

>

> My Rezound is clean.

>

> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:

>>

>>

>> http://betanews.com/2011/12/07/android-users-can-detect-carrier-iq-everyone-else-is-out-of-luck/


>>

>> Android users have a multitude of options in order to detect whether

>> Carrier IQ exists on their smartphones, with at least a dozen applications

>> available through the Android Market. While most of the apps will not stop

>> Carrier IQ from running, they will at least give those concerned with the

>> company's actions some solace in knowing for sure whether they're being

>> tracked or not.

>>

>> Carrier IQ's discovery -- that stealthily monitors cellular users'

>> smartphone activity -- set off a firestorm of controversy over the past

>> several weeks. Some see it as a serious threat to users' security and

>> privacy, while others have likened the reaction to mass hysteria generated

>> by the media.

>>

>> Even here at BetaNews the subject of how exactly to cover the Carrier IQ

>> story has become quite contentious. I've asked this question repeatedly:

>> is it really as bad as it seems? With the court cases now revving up, we

>> will find out soon.

>>

>> BetaNews tested out two of the available options -- BitDefender's Carrier

>> IQ Finder and Lookout Labs' Carrier IQ Detector. The tests were performed

>> on a Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket running Android 2.3.6 on AT&T's

>> network, and both found Carrier IQ present but didn't indicate whether or

>> not it was active. We presume so.

>>

>> Lookout's app has gotten between 100,000 and 500,000 downloads as of

>> Wednesday afternoon, while BitDefender had received less than 50,000

>> downloads.

>>

>> We also spotted a few apps that claim to freeze the process that runs

>> Carrier IQ's hidden application. These include Trey Holland's Bloat/CIQ

>> Freezer Free and RDMSoft's Carrier IQ Process Killer. Without more

>> extensive tests, we can't independently verify these actually work as

>> advertised, but customer reviews are generally positive.

>>

>> Have you got an iOS, BlackBerry, or Windows Phone and want to know where

>> you stand with Carrier IQ? Right now you're out of luck. Apple's App Store

>> did not contain any apps to detect the software: neither did BlackBerry's

>> App World nor Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace.

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