. We cannot comment on all handset manufacturer implementations of Android. Our investigation of Trevor Eckhart's video indicates that location, key presses, SMS and other information appears in log files as a result of debug messages from pre-production handset manufacturer software. Specifically it appears that the handset manufacturer software's debug capabilities remained "switched on" in devices sold to consumers.
The firm went on to argue that in Eckhart's video, keystrokes and text messages were being written to Android log files, which the IQ Agent does not use to "acquire or output" a user's diagnostic data.
Engadget, Carrier IQ issues lengthy report on data collection practices, sticks to its guns
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