They already responded right in the article. They are trying to muddy the waters (of course) by claiming it's not done real time. The issue is not real time or not, its the snooping, theft and storage of person information. IIRC Apple just went through this, didn't they?
Coward went on to say that Carrier IQ was a diagnostic tool designed to give network carriers and device manufacturers detailed information about the causes of dropped calls and other performance issues.
That’s like saying you’re not spying if you record video of someone rather than using a live feed.
Why yes, now that you mention it, I think they did. In that case, AFAIK, only the privacy of location data was at issue. We are told here that CIQ is also a key logger and even a voice "wiretap."Eckhart said he chose the HTC phone purely for demonstration purposes. Blackberrys, other Android-powered handsets, and smartphones from Nokia contain the same snooping software, he claims.I notice the omission of any claim that CIQ spyware is in the iPhone.