{"id":492,"date":"2011-12-02T08:06:22","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T13:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodwin.drexel.edu\/isensor\/drho\/?p=492"},"modified":"2011-12-02T08:06:22","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T13:06:22","slug":"watch-the-software-that-may-be-watching-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/?p=492","title":{"rendered":"Watch the software that may be watching you"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/?p=492\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>Though the software is installed on most modern Android, BlackBerry and Nokia phones, Carrier IQ was virtually unknown until 25-year-old Trevor Eckhart of Connecticut analyzed its workings, revealing that the software secretly chronicles a user\u2019s phone experience \u2014 ostensibly so carriers and phone manufacturers can do quality control.<\/p>\n<p>But now he\u2019s released a video actually showing the logging of text messages, encrypted web searches and, well, you name it.<\/p>\n<p>Eckhart labeled the software a \u201crootkit,\u201d and the Mountain View, California-based software maker threatened him with legal action and huge money damages. The Electronic Frontier Foundation came to his side last week, and the company backed off on its threats. The company told Wired.com last week that Carrier IQ\u2019s wares are for \u201cgathering information off the handset to understand the mobile-user experience, where phone calls are dropped, where signal quality is poor, why applications crash and battery life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company denies its software logs keystrokes. Eckhart\u2019s 17-minute video here clearly undercuts that claim.<\/p>\n<p>From Wired magazine: http:\/\/www.wired.com\/threatlevel\/2011\/11\/secret-software-logging-video\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though the software is installed on most modern Android, BlackBerry and Nokia phones, Carrier IQ was virtually unknown until 25-year-old Trevor Eckhart of Connecticut analyzed its workings, revealing that the software secretly chronicles a user\u2019s phone experience \u2014 ostensibly so &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/?p=492\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-latest-news-ideas-problems-strategies-and-tactics-in-securing-cyberspace-and-virtual-organizations-discussed-by-experts-in-industries-as-well-as-academia","tag-cybersecurity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}