Update, 12.3.11: Although there’s ample logging, it may not amount to everything. See, Carrier IQ hit with privacy lawsuits as more security researchers weigh in and Reasons Not to Panic About the Carrier IQ Controversy.
Fascinating, yet — of course — deeply troubling:
The Android developer who raised the ire of a mobile-phone monitoring company last week is on the attack again, producing a video of how the Carrier IQ software secretly installed on millions of mobile phones reports most everything a user does on a phone.
Though the software is installed on most modern Android, BlackBerry and Nokia phones, Carrier IQ was virtually unknown until 25-year-old Trevor Eckhart of Connecticut analyzed its workings, revealing that the software secretly chronicles a user’s phone experience — ostensibly so carriers and phone manufacturers can do quality control.
But now he’s released a video actually showing the logging of text messages, encrypted web searches and, well, you name it.