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Submission + - Mobile Operator Sprint embeds rootkit in Android (xda-developers.com) 1

pucko writes: User "k0nane" at the forum of xda-developers.com have discovered an interesting piece of software in Android based Samsung mobiles sold by Sprint.
Apparently Sprint have embedded a secret application called Carrier IQ which have full control over the phone and everything the user does with it.
It even monitors input, which essentially means; Sprint have full access to your passwords, your banking accounts and your corporate secrets.
Encryption and SSL is a worthless defence, Sprint and Carrier IQ sees your information BEFORE it is protected.

The question is now, how many other carriers uses this rootkit? Does it exist on iPhone? Blackberry?

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I type Dvorak, slowly. IIRC the Navy looked into it last century and decided that it might make sense for those who cannot touch type over 20 wpm. In the event that you go that route the older Mavis Beacon programs included Dvorak. Most Northgate keyboards have a Dvorak switch so they can work at the Bios and pre-windows level. Windows includes Dvorak as a key layout option and has for years. It also includes the one-handed Dvorak layouts which I recommend to those who can only use one hand. The IBM model M keyboards have curved backplanes and all the keycaps are the same shape which makes them easy to rearrange.

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