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 software.
Carrier IQ isn’t the bad guy. The mobile device and network diagnostic firm issued a detailed report earlier this week explaining what its software does and how.
The FBI has denied a request for the release of information regarding its use of Carrier IQ’s software.
Emerging details indicate that the Carrier IQ smartphone application does exactly what the vendor says it does and may not be the nefarious threat it seemed at first to be.
Consumer Reports annual rating of cell phone carriers ranks AT&T at the bottom of the list for the second year in a row.
