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• Sprint disables Carrier IQ software on its handsets

  Sprint, the biggest user of Carrier IQ's software, said Friday it has disabled use of the tool in response to customer concerns.

• Sprint says 26M handsets have Carrier IQ; AT&T claims 900K

  Documents filed in response to a U.S. lawmaker's request show that Sprint is by far the biggest user of Carrier IQ's software, with more than 26 million handsets featuring the controversial mobile tracking tool.

• FBI never sought Carrier IQ data, director says

  FBI Director Robert Mueller today denied his agency has ever sought any information directly from Carrier IQ for any of its investigations.

• Carrier IQ moves to allay fears of its tracking software

  Carrier IQ last night released a document describing its technology in what appears to be a belated attempt to quell continuing concerns over its controversial tracking software.

• FBI rejects FOIA request for Carrier IQ info

  The FBI has denied a request for the release of information regarding its use of Carrier IQ's software, saying that releasing the information could interfere with ongoing law enforcement operations.

• Google's Schmidt calls Carrier IQ software a keylogger

  Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt today distanced his company from Carrier IQ's software, even as he described the technology as a keylogger. Schmidt's comments came at an Internet freedom conference in the Netherlands.

• What's really going on with Carrier IQ on your phone

  More details are emerging that reveal the Carrier IQ smartphone application does exactly what the vendor says it does. These new findings directly contradict the nearly universal allegations of keylogging, spying, and tracking, all based on the uncritical acceptance of the original analysis by <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/113011-mobile-privacy-253621.html?page=1">Trevor Eckhart</a>. 

• FAQ: CNET's "Trojan" installer

  CNET is <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/79343">under fire</a> for downloading more than just <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/opensource/">open source</a> software with the open source software that it makes available on its <a href="http://download.cnet.com/windows/">Web site</a>.

• Carrier IQ downplays 2010 patent request

  A Carrier IQ executive Monday downplayed the significance of the company's effort to patent a technology it said can help wireless carriers undertake "advertising audience segmentation analysis and content copyright analytics."

• 8 companies hit with lawsuit over Carrier IQ software

  Apple is one of eight companies that have been named in another class-action lawsuit filed over the use of Carrier IQ software in mobile handsets.

• Lookout releases free Carrier IQ detection app

  A mobile security software company last Friday released a tool that detects Carrier IQ, the software embedded in numerous smartphones that has raised questions from users, privacy advocates and even Congress.

• European regulators start investigating Carrier IQ

  Organizations and regulators across Europe, including Germany, have started looking into the use of Carrier IQ's tracking software, to ensure that mobile phone vendors and operators are not violating users' privacy.

• How stupid can cell carriers be? Really Stupid.

  The recent revelation that most of us are carrying around smartphones with embedded rootkits is both surprising and not so surprising. It's surprising because it makes you wonder, "How stupid can the carriers be?" It's not surprising in that we know the answer to that.

• Lawmaker asks FTC to investigate Carrier IQ

  The outcry over Carrier IQ's mobile-phone tracking software continued Friday, with a U.S. congressman asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the company.

• Skeptics find flaws in Carrier IQ application analysis

  Only now are some skeptical voices being raised that the case against Carrier IQ may be a rush to judgment without a real, or at least an adequate, basis in fact.