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Old January 10th, 2012, 04:42 AM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NeoZiggy View Post
I don't blame Cricket for CarrierIQ. Huawei has been known to use it in their UK telecom switches and everywhere else too. They've also been accused of spying for China, but that's something else.

I don't think CIQ is too deep in the phone and can be removed easily. Once a custom ROM is made, we should be safe
Well, i'm not really worried about it, but it is the carriers that have CIQ put on the phones. Think about it, it's Cricket receiving the data, not Huawei.
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