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FBIPhone?
it seems that data collected by the controversial smartphone tracking software Carrier IQ has been obtained by the FBI for use in investigating people. Which would seem to indicate that the software is spying on phone users, despite what Carrier IQ has said. Something stinks here...
UPDATE: Carrier IQ responds that the company doesn't share data with the FBI or other law enforcement agencies. But cellphone operators could share the collected data with the cops.
About the blogger
Hiawatha Bray
Hiawatha is a business reporter and columnist covering the high-tech industry for the Boston Globe business section. His weekly Tech Lab gadgets and software reviews appear in the Globe every Thursday.
