The FBI can say nothing about the possible use of the ‘providerspyware Carrier IQ, in connection with ongoing research. The U.s. government says whether or not the smartphonesoftware used, or that the software is investigated.
Giving the requested information about the possible use of Carrier IQ by the FBI would lead to “interfere with an investigation’, according to the U.s. government in a response to a request for information. Therefore, the information requested is not given. That makes in any case clear that Carrier IQ plays a role in an investigation of the FBI. It is unclear whether the software itself is being examined, or that the FBI data from Carrier IQ used in an investigation of a person or company.
Carrier IQ came a few months ago discredited, when it turned out that the software in an update from HTC was. The providerspyware turns out to be pre-installed on a lot, especially American aircraft. In the Netherlands, is the software present in some smartphones that via the grey import be purchased. Also the 7″version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet showed Carrier IQ on board. The software seems not to be used, because Dutch providers not a customer of Carrier IQ. Also iPhones contain the providerspyware, but that can easily be turned off via the Settings menu.
Carrier IQ, in a report recent allegations denied. Data can only be read with dedicated software and sms messages are not read out. The log in the video from developer TrevE, which Carrier IQ attracted the attention of mainstream media, would be kept only in some American HTC devices. That would be debug software, accidentally in the firmware of handsets sold has surfaced. According to DailyTech is a line of code in the HTC custom version of Carrier IQ is responsible. That line was ‘protected boolean DBG = true’.