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Mobile ‘Rootkit’ Maker Tries to Silence Critical Android Dev” is the headline, as news continues to emerge about the cloaked data-logging code that is installed on all Android products (and a host of others.) Companies (and whomever they report to) have full access to all data and activities on your device, as was reported recently by a researcher who exposed the practice. The Wired article updates you on efforts by the company, Carrier IQ, to quash the reporting. More commentary on the implications or uses of such data is also starting to emerge.

 Posted by at 5:56 am on November 23, 2011