[olug] [OT]: Researcher’s Video Shows Secret Software on Millions of Phones Logging Everything

Dan Linder dan at linder.org
Thu Dec 1 01:14:56 UTC 2011


On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 18:34, Christopher Cashell <topher-olug at zyp.org> wrote:
> Not sure if you read the full article or watched the video, but Mr.
> Trevor Eckhart has done a pretty thorough analysis of the software's
> activity, showing an extent that seems to be very suspicious at best,
> and very scary at worst.

Well, crap. You're spot-on, I didn't watch the video until after
posting.  After watching the video I'm of a new opinion.

This looks like my new PRIMARY reason to root my DroidX and install my
own ROM...

DanL

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