Google Is Watching You

[fixxxer2012]

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Originally Posted by horndoctor

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You guys always make sure of it!

Members take note!!

Never even hint that you aren't an Android fan! Or else!
I guess it is Blasphemy!!!

Relax horn i could easily bash you for running outdated winmo but i wont. seems like the cool thing these days to bash android.

[gTen]

Originally Posted by fixxxer2008

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Relax horn i could easily bash you for running outdated winmo but i wont. seems like the cool thing these days to bash android.

And sad part is I actually still use winmo daily >.>

[Touch_Pete]

Originally Posted by gTen

While Google might be watching you..CIQ is not Google, it is installed by the carriers.

I checked my Telus Galaxy S II X with the utility written by TrevE and it was not present. So not all carriers are doing it.

[eric12341]

Originally Posted by gTen

Not really, Android is open source, anyone can do anything they want. They don't benefit anything from it. Its like saying the Fascinate loads up Bing instead of Google, Google must know about it thus they must benefit lol...you get the logic fail here? In case of Apple though I can't exactly say but considering its a closed platform Apple must have approved it in some shape or form.

The Good thing about Android though is we can remove it.

P.S. The Google Nexus phones which are controlled by Google do not have Carrier-IQ.

And how do you know WM is not monitoring you? see thats the thing abut closed source, you never know whats inside ..this is why Carrier-IQ was found on Android first and removed from Android first..cause when you have the source code you are in control.




Before you get excited, Carrier-IQ is inside WP7 too.

Nope. Microsoft's Joe Belfiore confirms no Carrier IQ software on Windows Phones | wpcentral | Windows Phone News, Forums, and Reviews

Originally Posted by fixxxer2008

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Relax horn i could easily bash you for running outdated winmo but i wont. seems like the cool thing these days to bash android.

@fixxxer2008
WP7 gets bashed far more than android does. just sayin

[scrosler]

I just want to chime in and say its CARRIERS that put in CIQ, not google, not HTC, but the Carriers. And quite Frankly its mostly SPRINT!


My two cents.


Oh and I love Android, iPhone, WinMo, WP7 and Blackberry. I love it all!

[Touch_Pete]

Checked a friends Bell Galaxy S II and it was not present there either.

[DaveTN]

Originally Posted by scrosler

I just want to chime in and say its CARRIERS that put in CIQ, not google, not HTC, but the Carriers. And quite Frankly its mostly SPRINT!


My two cents.


Oh and I love Android, iPhone, WinMo, WP7 and Blackberry. I love it all!

LOL... That must be the reason Sprint charges the "premium data" fee for their newer android (and winmo too) phones. I've gone back throug my bills and I used considerably more data on my TP2 than I do on my EVO.

Just an interesting thought...

Have any of you ever had a tech or know of a tech look at the CIQ data to solve a problem? I doubt it.

I think it DOES have to do with Google. Googles interest in Android is financial and their way of making money is based on information. The more information Google can obtain, catalog, and use, the more money they make.

Its going to be very interesting to follow how this pans out.

David

David

[gTen]

Originally Posted by DaveTN

LOL... That must be the reason Sprint charges the "premium data" fee for their newer android (and winmo too) phones. I've gone back throug my bills and I used considerably more data on my TP2 than I do on my EVO.

There is no premium data fee for winmo phones..do you mean wp7 phones? that is not winmo...

Just an interesting thought...

Have any of you ever had a tech or know of a tech look at the CIQ data to solve a problem? I doubt it.

We had information about CIQ for over a year already...our Epics had CIQ and devs(ACS) looked into it and had it removed 1-2 months after the Epic came out.

Effectively by default its off, but the carrier can switch it on remotely...it can theoretically monitor all data

I think it DOES have to do with Google. Googles interest in Android is financial and their way of making money is based on information. The more information Google can obtain, catalog, and use, the more money they make.

Its going to be very interesting to follow how this pans out.

David

Google has nothing to do with it... hence why the Nexus Google phones don't have CIQ...If Google wanted to do something like this, they don't need companies like CIQ, they could just build it into Android...(if they wanted to)...see Google has their own development team and they can make whatever they want, Carriers like Sprint and AT&T on the other hand dn't have developers so they hire people like CIQ and others to make apps for them.

[teradog]

What ever happened to "the fuzzy one"? :>))
(1st post in months... sorry couldn't resist.... lol)

[gTen]

Originally Posted by teradog

What ever happened to "the fuzzy one"? :>))
(1st post in months... sorry couldn't resist.... lol)

I am still "The Fuzzy One" lol :/..what do you mean?