HTC Starts Scrubbing Carrier IQ From Sprint Phones
Long before legislation was dominating the headlines, the Carrier IQ controversy raised the hackles of tech geeks and privacy advocates around the world. Even though the software didn’t turn out to be quite as nefarious as was originally reported, carriers and manufacturers still started distancing themselves from the tracking and diagnostic software. Along those lines, HTC is starting to roll out updates designed to scrub Carrier IQ off of its Sprint phones, starting with the HTC EVO 3D.
In fact, Android Central reports that some EVO 3D users have already gotten the update. Sprint stopped collecting Carrier IQ data a while back, so the move is more house cleaning than anything else. The Verge tapped HTC for comment, and they said updates for other phones will be forthcoming:
HTC can confirm that we're working with Sprint to provide maintenance releases that will remove Carrier IQ and provide security enhancements and bug fixes beginning in January.
Between this and SOPA possibly being shelved, it’s starting to look like complaining on the Internet can actually be constructive!
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Holly Golightly
January 17, 2012 at 9:57pm
Cellphones are so primitive. I guess it is a good thing that HTC is listening to the people. The people always win. But still, these cellphone companies are too expensive. To me, they will go down like the cable industry. Think, expensive, bloated packages that you will never fully use. You pay more than what you need, yet get limited at the same time. Things like Roaming, Overages, Data Caps, 9pm, Peak, and now Carrier IQ... At some point, they are destined to crumble. They are not interested in providing a reliable service, their only interest is generating a profit from you... And this is where Verizon and AT&T start selling your location via GPS to advertisers... Because your bill is just not enough profit. These big companies are getting creative with their limits... I must hand it to Sprint for limiting broadband for other mobile devices to accommodate the latest Apple iPhone... Pathetic. The big telecoms are going to claws their way to death. You'll see. The future is VOIP!!!
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