Every smartphone is a computer spy?

After detecting vibrations of the Carrier IQ surreptitiously collect information on the smartphone, many users think it is a violation of privacy seriously, and the provider network and the phone is connected to deny the.

Software firm Carrier IQ has been installed on many mobile devices sold (currently only found) in the U.S. market. It records all user actions and able to provide this data to the network. The discovery of this is security expert Trevor Eckhart, and Eckhart flatly declared it a "rootkit".
Immediately cause the case to the attention of the public on issues of user privacy. U.S. Senator Al Franken has asked manufacturers of software, networks and devices manufacturers related to the official answer on any of their devices containing the software and level of activity of them in the device. Eckhart warned that the Carrier IQ software to monitor all activities in the phone, it recorded information about missed calls to web pages that users visit, and even it up all the content they tap at this website.
Now the network such as Sprint, AT & T, T-Mobile will have installed the software controversy on his phone and said that this will help them manage better the problems that customers frequently encounter must also identify the features most commonly used. Telecom Canada Research In Motion (RIM) has officially denied the claims associated with Carrier IQ and do not install this software on its BlackBerry devices.
However, most users do not think so and they are concerned about what 25-year-old security expert warned that Eckhart Trevor Carrier IQ can spy on SMS messages, record keystrokes operations, HTTPS sequence analysis of coding and possibly more than that.
Reply to this problem on AllThingsD, representatives of Carrier IQ announced their software ignores the personal information of users. On the other hand the official announcement sent the media, Carrier IQ ball to the responsibility and blame the network for users not reading the contract to provide services using telecommunications. In the statement of the CIQ are:
"Our software does not record, store or transmit any content of SMS messages, email, images, audio or video. For example, we just check for exactly one message SMS has been sent, but does not record or transmit the contents of that message. We know the application consumes your battery, but no screen-capture ... As a condition of the contract with the network , CIQ operations only under specified and comply with the laws of the applicable jurisdiction. The data we collect is passed through an encrypted channel, and security of each customer's network or only controlled by the audit agency and other authorized units of our customers approved. "
ZDNet site has a quick interview with an engineer of a telecommunications network in the UK and he said Carrier IQ has to do this as a service provider network for several years and I know Apple also use this application in the iPhone. However, this software is only activated when the iPhone crashes. Apple also announced immediately ended its use of Carrier IQ software from the operating system IOS version 5.

HTC has officially voiced that the U.S. networks have caused major problems for the company as Carrier IQ software installed on the HTC line of mobile devices sold in the U.S. market. The fact that many of the mobile device Android operating system installed in the presence of different versions of Carrier IQ software.
A spokesman for Nokia North America - Keith Nowak also denied the accuracy of the information (by Eckhart) says that most Nokia phones are "sticky" Carrier IQ. He said: "There is a Nokia phone which has Carrier IQ."
So far, there has been RIM, HP, Nokia and Google has officially denied the relevant software or installation of Carrier IQ. On the home network, Verizon confirmed not to use this software but have done the same behavior for management purposes. Sprint admitted to install applications on users Carrier IQ but says only used for maintenance purposes.
The discovery of the incident highlighted Eckhart, Carrier IQ is a typical application for the clandestine collection of information users. This application is controlled by the server and it is possible to allow third party access to the equipment without the permission of the user. Thereby, the third party can determine the location of the user, the keys have been pressed, the application has been used at some v. v ... Only the experienced user can recognize the presence of Carrier IQ in your machine and automatically shut them off. List of data that can be applied by Carrier IQ collects registration can be found here.
Upon disclosure of information Eckhart controversial, Carrier IQ has been sent to ask him to stop spreading this information to predict events and damages. Such notification was withdrawn as soon as the Electronic Frontier Foundation responded that this organization represents Eckhart to solve the case.

This incident is currently doing "the wave" concerns regarding the privacy of users. Accordingly this is a serious violation of privacy. Things are expected to be even more serious when brought to the school if under the federal law on sharing and protecting information on the U.S. 2011. Heavy words, more lawyers and the media that the Carrier IQ software will "turn a smart phone into a spy device by the government."
So far, according to a survey of the top pocket GigaOM, (who had 227 votes) on the information relating to Carrier IQ can affect decisions when buying a phone or not, there were 81, 06% (approximately 184 people) answered yes.