The software implemented inside the smartphone records privacy information without the permission of a user -anxiety about the smartphone that emits Carrier IQ software seems to be spreading to users.
Videos published by US security researchers on YouTube are attracting attention to smartphones provided by Carrier IQ.According to the researchers, the "Carrier IQ" software, which may be implemented on a smartphone, has been sent to a mobile phone company or a terminal manufacturer.
The information to be recorded and transmitted is unknown, but the facts are unknown, such as sending and receiving and receiving telephone and SMS, search URLs, cameras, apps used, type of pressed keys, etc.It is said to be.There is information that the iPhone can disable functions, but it is said that the software itself can access phone numbers and location information.
Carrier IQ announced a rebuttal comment on December 1, as users' concerns are spreading, mainly on the Internet.According to this statement, it does not record or send content such as SMS messages, emails, photos, music and videos.It was also said that the battery consumption of the app was confirmed, but the screen did not save the screen, and it did not violate privacy.
So what about the domestic situation?Domestic smartphones are basically purchased by mobile phone operators and provided users.The manufacturer will meet the specifications and requests required by the mobile phone company, and will be delivered by incorporating the manufacturer's unique ingenuity.Domestic mobile phone operators have said that carriers have never called for carrier IQ.
NTT DOCOMO states that the Carrier IQ is not installed on all smartphones.In addition to Carrier IQ, the possibility that the rhog -based software is installed in the form of a terminal preset is currently under investigation.
According to KDDI, the survey states that all au smartphones do not have Carrier IQ.However, the Sharp smartphone is equipped with software called "Laoflog Service", and it is said that it collects communication history, message titles, and SNS (Twitter, mixi).
The collected data is used for interaction inside the terminal, such as displaying a message exchange when displaying a phonebook in the terminal, or displaying users who frequently communicate frequently.There is no transmission to the outside.Also, it is said that this data is not used when repairing a failure.
However, the possibility of malicious apps in the terminal is collected and transmitted to external servers.In this regard, KDDI has a structure that can only be referred to from the Sharp's "Tapflow UI" and the data collected by the Refrog Service, and shows that security is secured.
Softbank Mobile states that the smartphone sold by the company, including past models, has no carrier IQ.The same goes for iPhone.
According to E -Mobile (e Access), "the mobile phone company has never demanded that the manufacturer has a carrier IQ, and is recognized that it is not installed."A manufacturer that supplies terminals to the company only points out that HTCs may only have a model for the United States, and that Sony Ericsson and Huawei and others are not equipped.
Smartphones are connected to various services and functions to the network, and the Le -Fog -based apps provide services with the permission of the user.Users' anxiety about Carrier IQ may be that information is collected without permission from the user, and it may be his personal information.If it is personal information, it is natural that users want to judge it after grasping it themselves.
So what kind of idea do you think about Carrier IQ?
Symantech's analysts said that they were still investigating Carrier IQ, and said, "First of all, it's not malware.That's right. "The reason for this is that Carrier IQ is a software that is implemented after requesting a mobile phone company to intentionally install it to the terminal manufacturer, and is installed in a form with no intention of abuse.The explanation, the person in charge, said "harmless."
If the information is collected by disguising another app, it may be applicable without questions, but it is not such software.Usually, the Reflog app is used after the user allows the information obtained by the app.The Carrier IQ, which attracted attention this time, was preset on the terminal, and the person in charge said, "Simantech's mobile security products cannot be taken."There is no Carrier IQ in a hierarchy that can freely download the app, and if you delete it, you must access the terminal with administrator privileges described as "take root".
The person in charge of Carrier IQ is not a serious software.If there is a problem, it may be a security risk not to let the purchased user know the existence of the software.Symantech plans to publish the results of Carrier IQ analysis in the future.
