Your new Android cell phone is reporting on you.

[Cruzen]

For those of you who have moved to an Android powered device, you might find some interest in this report. 

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57333652-17/android-handsets-secretly-logging-keystrokes-sms-messages/

[Serk]

http://www.theverge.com/2011/11/30/2601875/carrier-iq-references-discovered-apple-ios-iphone

Looks like iOS (iPhone) might have it too...

And... not ALL Android devices have it, it's installed by the carrier, and NOT a part of Android. If you have a pure Android device (I.E. Google Nexus) then you don't have it. Also, if you have a homebrew optimized firmware (Cyanogedmod, for instance) you also don't have it.

There are also apps to install that can scan for it and remove it if you're worried about it.

[Titan]

http://www.theverge.com/2011/11/30/2601875/carrier-iq-references-discovered-apple-ios-iphone

Looks like iOS (iPhone) might have it too...

And... not ALL Android devices have it, it's installed by the carrier, and NOT a part of Android. If you have a pure Android device (I.E. Google Nexus) then you don't have it. Also, if you have a homebrew optimized firmware (Cyanogedmod, for instance) you also don't have it.

There are also apps to install that can scan for it and remove it if you're worried about it.

And the iPhone provides one click to disable it.