A lot has been said about the Carrier IQ software, the way that it s used by carriers and whether it is capable of intercepting calls, texts and data on users handsets. But one lesson that has emerged from all of this is this: The mobile devices people buy and use for personal and sensitive taks every day simply do not belong to them. The carrier has the ability to control much of what the user does with his phone, whether it’s throttling data usage or dictating where they can get their apps from.
Source: https://threatpost.com/mobile-devices-users-are-product-not-buyer-120711/75970/