We need such a law because our phones seem to know a lot more about us than we know about them. It?s even difficult to tell which phones come with Carrier IQ and which don?t. Apple, Google, HTC, Research in Motion, Samsung, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile have all issued statements that essentially pass the buck. HTC, for instance, says that mobile carriers ?required? the company to install Carrier IQ on its phones. RIM, meanwhile, says it does ?not pre-install the Carrier IQ app on BlackBerry smartphones or authorize its carrier partners to install the Carrier IQ app before sales or distribution.? But do carriers need authorization to install the app?can they do so on their own? Apparently so, because as Eckhart pointed out, Carrier IQ does make a version of its software for BlackBerry phones. Then there?s Apple, which says, ?We stopped supporting Carrier IQ with iOS 5 in most of our products and will remove it completely in a future software update.? Wait, what?s with the ?most? there?which Apple devices have it and which don?t? And what if you?ve got an iPhone that?s too old to run iOS 5, the company?s latest mobile operating system?does that mean your phone?s got the spy software? Apple hasn?t said.
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