Eric Schmidt says Google doesn't support or work with Carrier IQ

2. Lucas777 posted on 09 Dec 2011, 17:21 3 5

by greater good, u mean more money for the good of their pockets? then ya i agree.... and this is kind of googles fault because they failed to alert anyone of it and this is just one of the bad effects of having an open source platform

3. TerryCrowley posted on 09 Dec 2011, 17:40 6 0

They couldn't have alerted anyone about it because they didn't put the software on the devices. It would be like alerting people that Sense 3.0 is laggy. You're dumb.

11. ardent1 posted on 10 Dec 2011, 05:44 0 1

How about the comment was dumb.

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4. ojdidit84 posted on 09 Dec 2011, 17:59 3 0

Especially when the iPhone 4 was one of the phones reported to have CIQ installed. It has nothing to do with Google or with the platform being open source because iOS certainly isn't open source.

5. robinrisk posted on 09 Dec 2011, 20:58 1 4

actually, i believe he´s a windows phone fanboi. Which strangely is a lot sadder than being a sheep with an "i" in front.

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16. GJanee posted on 13 Dec 2011, 06:34 0 0

and what's the reasoning behind your stupid and ignorant comment?

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6. Sniggly posted on 09 Dec 2011, 22:50 3 1

iPhones and Blackberries have CarrierIQ too. What's worse, that CIQ gets put on devices running your software without your knowledge or approval because it's open source, or CIQ being put on devices with your software AND hardware WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND SUPPORT because your software is NOT open source?

8. Kallistos posted on 10 Dec 2011, 01:51 0 0

When you sign a contract with a wireless service provider (among other contracts) you agree to the terms and conditions. Admittedly, who reads 'em? I sure do not, my favorite part of software is the ability to scroll through it all without having to read it and select agree, and again, without actually reading it. Ahem.

I am sure you have read the reports of what Sprint actually does with the information provided by Carrier IQ, which is in no way heinous. While it certainly may not be with ones "knowledge" that Sprint monitors, evaluates or improves the services, systems, or networks by collecting information, it is with ones "consent" and "approval".

I do not have the link for AT&T off hand about what information they collect, but here you can read about the Sprint Nextel privacy policy: http://www.sprint.com/legal/privacy.html

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10. Sniggly posted on 10 Dec 2011, 05:08 3 0

I was actually speaking more about the difference between open source and closed source. Since Android is open source, it's possible that CIQ was put on the individual phones without Google's knowledge or consent. However, every other major company had to know, including Nokia, RIM, and Microsoft. They had to know that CIQ was going on their devices.

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13. Kallistos posted on 10 Dec 2011, 11:02 1 0

Ah, good point sir and apologies for missing that.

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15. Lucas777 posted on 12 Dec 2011, 20:59 0 0

im sorry..

12. iamcc posted on 10 Dec 2011, 08:10 1 0

Thanks for teaching us something yet again sir ardent...

14. ardent1 posted on 10 Dec 2011, 12:30 0 1

It's a tough job debunking long held android myths such Apple doesn't share its technologies. For one thing, android web browers uses Apple's webkit's technology. Plus Apple tried to get Samsung to stop copying Apple products in exchange for access to a key Apple patent.