Kaspersky Lab researcher Tim Armstrong says removing CarrierIQ from your phone is a bad idea. CarrierIQ s surreptitious monitoring software has raised questions about user privacy and business ethics in the Brave New World of smart phones, tablets and the like. Armstrong: The software simply can t be removed by the average user, Armstrong writes in a blog post on Securelist. I have no problem with improving service. I hate dropped calls too. What I do have a problem with is service providers who are intentionally uninformative about what they are doing with your data on a device you ve paid for, and then not allowing any type of removal or opt-out
Source: https://threatpost.com/removing-carrieriq-really-bad-idea-most-mobile-phone-users-120711/75968/