


Carrier IQ


Several companies came clean about using Carrier IQ's services after Trevor Eckhart released a YouTube video showing how the software tracked the sensitive information of mobile phone users. The controversy caused by the video forced Sen. Al Franken to contact Carrier IQ CEO Larry Lenhart to ask him what information his company stored (Read Franken's full letter here.). VP of marketing Andrew Coward told The Register Carrier IQ does log keystrokes and text messages, but a a majority of the information is discarded.