Phone fear rising: CarrierIQ

Mobile phone fears ramped up over the past few days, as the CarrierIQ story exploded.

Example: Fear Your Smartphone

It’s totally rational to worry that your phone is tracking everything you do.

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After seeing what Carrier IQ can do, you don’t have to be paranoid to fear that your phone is watching you. Indeed, that’s probably a rational assumption at this point.

Check out CarrierIQ's defense.  It avoids fear language entirely, emphasizing authority, quality of service, and security.

Fearing mobile phones dates back to the 1990s.