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  1. 12-03-11, 01:40 PM #1
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    Exclamation Your Android Phone has a Secret Rootkit / Keylogger and collects everything

    I saw this on my fav net-show Tekzilla today...

    Carrier IQ software secretly installed on millions of mobile phones reports most everything a user does on a phone (Link)

    The report referenced in the video is here (Link)

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    Re: Your Android Phone has a Secret Rootkit / Keylogger and collects everything

    The cost of going high tech... Scares the s**t out of me but i can't live without it now

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    There's an app on the Android market called Voodoo carrier IQ that supposedly checks your phone for the key logger...though its not 100% accurate...Al


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    Re: Your Android Phone has a Secret Rootkit / Keylogger and collects everything

    Quote Originally Posted by Al McAdams View Post
    There's an app on the Android market called Voodoo carrier IQ that supposedly checks your phone for the key logger...though its not 100% accurate...Al
    Now this should be a sticky. Everyone will need to know this. Unreal.


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    Re: Your Android Phone has a Secret Rootkit / Keylogger and collects everything

    I just bougth a HTC Explorer and installed this app.

    Found nothing...PHEW...
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    Re: Your Android Phone has a Secret Rootkit / Keylogger and collects everything

    Quote Originally Posted by Beerdrinker View Post
    I just bougth a HTC Explorer and installed this app.

    Found nothing...PHEW...
    That is good news. Guess they figured the bad PR wasn't worth it.

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  7. 04-06-12, 04:31 PM #7
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    Re: Your Android Phone has a Secret Rootkit / Keylogger and collects everything

    Sorry i didn't think to post this here: http://www.legitreviews.com/news/12781/

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    Re: Your Android Phone has a Secret Rootkit / Keylogger and collects everything

    Quote Originally Posted by John P. Myers View Post
    Sorry i didn't think to post this here: http://www.legitreviews.com/news/12781/
    Ha, figures. Sounds like it is time for someone to develop a firewall app for smartphones so the user can block unwanted internet access on all the apps with spyware.

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