Carrier IQ seeks to patent a technology it says can help carriers undertake “advertising audience segmentation analysis and content copyright analytics” The company applied for a patent for the so-called Service Intelligence Module Program Product in March, 2010. Carrier IQ has been at the center of a major privacy controversy prompted by a security researcher’s report. Security researchers have backed the positions of Carrier IQ and the carriers, concluding that the software is more benign than critics had assumed. At least three lawsuits have been filed alleging that major carriers such as AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile violated various U.S. statutes by using Carrier IQ’s software.”]
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