Apple also has the iPhone feature ” provider-spyware Carrier IQ. That says a jailbreak developer. Carrier IQ would be on iOS, however, have less ability than Android and easier to disable through Settings.
Carrier IQ logs or call and stores information about the location, says iPhone developer Chpwn. The developer has traces of the spyware found in iOS 3, 4 and the latest version, iOS 5. Apple has not yet responded to the presence of the spyware, that in the last months, compromised hit.
According to Chpwn, is Carrier IQ on iOS is less aggressive than on Android. For example, the rootkit no keystrokes register, which stores the url’s and it is easier to be turned off through an option in the settings Menu. Chpwn says not or uninstall the software.
Carrier IQ fell into disrepute when an Android developer discovered that HTC the spyware meeleverde with an update for some of its devices. Later it turned out that Carrier IQ in the United States on many devices came and quietly active. Only the American provider Sprint has the active use of the spyware, admittedly. Dutch Android smartphones do not have Carrier IQ.
Dutch iPhones seem to include: the reviewexemplaar of Tweakers.net contains Carrier IQ software. Under iOS 5 it is possible via the Settings menu, under General, Diagnose, and Use the logs to see. Also mentions Apple that location information can be sent. Or that under iOS 4 also can, is unclear.
