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  • BUSTED! Secret app on millions of phones logs key taps

    11/30/2011 10:51:57 AM PST · by ShadowAce · 40 replies
    The Register ^ | 30 November 2011 | Dan Goodin
    An Android app developer has published what he says is conclusive proof that millions of smartphones are secretly monitoring the key presses, geographic locations, and received messages of its users. In a YouTube video posted on Monday, Trevor Eckhart showed how software from a Silicon Valley company known as Carrier IQ recorded in real time the keys he pressed into a stock EVO handset, which he had reset to factory settings just prior to the demonstration. Using a packet sniffer while his device was in airplane mode, he demonstrated how each numeric tap and every received text message is logged...