Many smart phones, not iPhones, come with carrier pre-installed root kits!

Nov. 23rd, 2011 08:31 pm
thewayne: (Cyranose)
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Woohoo! It was discovered by a security researcher, Trevor Eckhart, and now the company that makes the rootkit, Carrier IQ, is trying to suppress his research.

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/16/1517248/carrieriq-most-phones-ship-with-rootkit

http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/11/23/0032233/carrieriq-tries-to-silence-security-researcher
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