Actually, follow-up articles aren't as grim.....the company
does insist no personal info or messages are saved, but as
your carrier, they would have access to all your voice records
and text messaging anyway, since it all goes through them
anyway. But what about info sent to a third-party. Is that
where this stuff goes ?
My son's got an Android phone, but I was a little miffed that
the only way to find out if it's on your Andoid phone or not
is to root the phone, which is a hack that voids the warranty.
On the iPhone, you just apparently turn off some setting.
Ok, I checked on the MOD I use and here is the quote:
"Hah, no chance CM would ever have that garbage. Also, it's proprietary
software and we couldn't ship it if we wanted to."
I also did some quick preliminary research which indicated not all
carriers, including Verizon which I use, use that particular root kit.
However, that is not to say they don't just use a different one. Sad
state when what should be a trusted provider secretly installs such
things without one's knowledge, and also not offering a way to opt out.
(Turn it off) Am close to end of contract, so looking at the new
Motorola Razor. Once I make my choice, I most likely will MOD again as
soon as one is available killing the warranty. Yeah an expensive risk,
but at least the ROM (OS), will be clean of root kits and bloat. My
Nephew MOD'd his new Droid Bionic the same day he purchased it and is a
happy camper.
Side note for group topic, lol: Windows phones do not have that root
kit, but that doesn't mean there isn't a different one included from
carriers.
Cheers
