Comment Why blame Carrier IQ? (Score 3, Insightful) 244
IMO people who demonize CIQ are missing the target. You should demonize the companies who employed CIQ technology to spy on their customers.
The only thing CIQ is guilty of is being a for-profit company in a capitalist society. Where there is demand (AT&T, HTC, Samsung, Motorola) there will be supply (CIQ). Just like the spam issue.
If you don't existinguish the demand by penalizing CIQ's customers, perhaps through legislature, CIQ 2.0 will be incorporated in no time and you better believe the next root kit will be a lot harder to detect.
AB