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Interesting: Android phones being tracked by carriers. Do you care?
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Apparently there's a software installed on most of the Android phones called Carrier IQ, which logs the user's activity without users being aware it does so. It seems to be running on most of HTC, Samsung and other mobile devices with very small chance of regular user finding and turning it off.
Full read (theverge): http://goo.gl/1J7oE
The guy discovered it: http://goo.gl/VWZmX
Do you care that you've been tracked, or it's ok, If the carrier(s) improve their service based on that hidden research?
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If they are using the info to improve service then GREAT, if they are selling it to other businesses so they can market me the F-that stuff