Read Write Web's Marshak Kirkpatrick just posted a great article outlining the issues with the Carrier IQ issues that have surfaced. It also includes an extensive quote from me about how data has value and it needs to be accessed in ways that are in alignement with people.
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Apart from the personal privacy issues raised by the Carrier IQ, has anyone considered how this effects national security? How many members of Congress and the Executive Branch use phones on which this software resides. Can Carrier IQ and the carriers themselves absolutely guarantee that it has not been silently exploited by hackers and foreign governments?