Save it. It'll be useful soon enough...
Heh On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 21:28, Sam Cayze <[email protected]> wrote: > But now what I am to do with this pitchfork?! :) > > > On Dec 1, 2011 10:04 PM, "Kurt Buff" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Declan McCullagh <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: Dave Farber <[email protected]>, ip <[email protected]>, >> [email protected], [email protected] >> Sent: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 5:45 PM >> Subject: Re: [IP] Carrier IQ May Have Violated Wiretap Law In Millions Of >> Cases >> >> On the other hand, Carrier IQ may *not* have violated wiretap law in >> millions of cases. >> >> Dan Rosenberg, who I've copied on this message, said that he has >> reverse-engineered Carrier IQ and found "no evidence that they are >> collecting anything more than what they've publicly claimed: anonymized >> metrics data." He found "no code in CarrierIQ that actually records >> keystrokes for data collection purposes." See: >> http://pastebin.com/aiYNmYVz >> >> John Graham-Cumming also is unconvinced: >> http://blog.jgc.org/2011/11/getting-little-tired-of-security.html >> "If you watch the 'security researcher's' video you'll find that nowhere >> does he make the claim that content that the application sees is leaving >> the device... At no point does he enter a debugger and look inside the >> CarrierIQ application, and at no point does he run a network sniffer and >> look at what data is being transmitted to CarrierIQ." >> >> Sprint said today that "we do not and cannot look at the contents of >> messages, photos, videos, etc., using this tool," which is a pretty >> broad denial: >> http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57335110-281 >> >> I hope that IPers remember the panic earlier this year when Samsung was >> falsely accused of installing key loggers on laptops. Network World, >> which ran the article, ended up deleting it and saying, in a lovely >> passive voice, that "an apology has been issued": >> http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20049259-281.html >> >> If Carrier IQ is transmitting keystrokes or the contents of >> communications, I'll be the first to call them on it. But, as far as I >> know after watching the video, nobody has demonstrated that's what the >> software actually does. >> >> -Declan >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
