1) their software logs all keystrokes. 2) their software sends all keystrokes to their servers. 3) they denied it did so.
Those don't add up to reasonable doubt any way I can see it. If they were using that information for understanding crashes, dropped calls, etc, then they would have seen that it was recording everything, and would have seen it many many many times. It can't have slipped past their notice unless it was totally un-used, and then they should've raised an eyebrow at the massive numbers of signals being sent to their domains.
Is it possible that this is simply a tool to allow for USB debugging of the UI? Otherwise, are there details (how often, what) is getting sent back to the carriers or to this company?
I'm surprised he didn't do that too, would love to try it myself, can't for a week or so though, someone will have done it by then.
>From there, the data — including the content of text messages — is sent to Carrier IQ’s servers, in secret.
Not that I fully trust the accuracy of journalists, I'd just hope Wired would be mostly accurate at least.
(Please? :-)
But, just because something like this was able to sneak it's way onto there, it does give the Microsoft (WP7) and Apple model of strict control some validity that it might be beneficial to users. I wouldn't expect to see something like this on WP7, where carriers get only a separate category in the Marketplace and for manufacturers, (I believe) only Nokia can add applications. (Same for iOS, where it's all Apple, but WP7 proves that the secure model could possibly work for a more distributed ecosystem like Android.)