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

Thu Dec 8 18:29:03 UTC 2011

I'm game for an Android meet-up for rooting. I have a Xoom over here I need
to root to improve my developer experience.

I also have ICS running on my Nexus-S courtesy of Cyanogen developer Koush.

I've been programming Android apps for a few months now and would love to
chat Android with folks.

Also if anyone is interested in Android/Arduino interface. I have my Modern
Device Arduino/Android host board recently finished interface to Cool
Neon's Total Control Lights done as of last weekend (rather than the
computer -> arduino interface I had before). Its quite fun to play with;
programmatically that is.

Brandon

On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Mitch Altman <maltman23 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  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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