What sparked the controversy over Carrier IQ? Earlier this month, Trevor Eckhart, a 25-year-old security researcher from Connecticut published details of research he had done showing how Carrier IQ software can be easily tweaked to conduct surreptitious and highly intrusive tracking of Android, Blac
By adding extra code to a digital music file, they were able to turn a song burned to CD into a Trojan horse. When played on the car's stereo, this song could alter the firmware of the car's stereo system, giving attackers an entry point to change other components on the car. This type of attack cou
"Wisconsin…will become one of the first states to ban the forcible implantation of radio frequency identification tags into humans.…The act dictates that no person may force another to have a microchip implanted in his body. Violators face fines of $10,000 each day until the chip is removed"
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FAQ: Behind the Carrier IQ rootkit controversy
With hacking, music can take control of your car
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