The big news du jour in mobile is the Carrier IQ “rootkit” publicized by researcher Trevor Eckhart and described in news stories like this one in The Register. As mobile forensic security researchers we were of course very concerned by this report. We’ve also been contacted by our clients and other companies to [...]
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In recent years, the courts have struggled to decide whether the government needs a warrant to access historical records about a cell phone user’s location. Some courts have found that when users turn on their cell phones, they “voluntarily” transmit their location to their cell phone providers and thereby waive any expectation of privacy. [...] Just ahead of Senate hearings over the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights and Do Not Track legislation, a new survey is released indicating that consumers are in favor of legislation: Two-thirds of consumers want the government to safeguard their privacy online and 81 percent want to add their names to a Do Not [...] Federal officials continue to debate what actions the government should take in regards to protecting data privacy. Lawsuits such as the one described in this article may help force a resolution to the issue. Apple and several application developers sued for allegedly misusing the personal data of iPhone and iPad users are likely [...]  May 15th, 2010 by teull
 1 commentPer New York Times article: It appears Google has admitted to European regulators that it “unintentionally” sniffed and stored data from home wireless networks, including emails and web surfing activity. This happened when its StreetView cars would drive around photographing an area. The collection of this information was only revealed after Google was [...] |
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