FBI using Carrier IQ info for "law enforcement purposes," refuses to release records
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/12/fbi-using-carrier-iq-info-for-law-enforcement-purposes-refuses-to-release-records.arsMichael Morisy, a journalist who founded an organization called MuckRock to ease the process of filing FOIA requests, wrote the FBI on Dec. 1 asking for "any manuals, documents or other written guidance used to access or analyze data gathered by programs developed or deployed by Carrier IQ.... In addition, I ask for expedited processing as this is a matter of immediate news interest: The existence of Carrier IQ's software was recently disclosed and has immediate ramifications on constitutionally protected privacy rights."
I loved all the tech "journalists" who called this innocuous and made excuses for the carriers and Carrier IQ last week. I can't wait to hear the excuses now.
pmorlan1
(2,096 posts)Thanks for posting this link.
pmorlan1
(2,096 posts)I tried to click on the Facebook like button but it won't let me?
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)But I am an old fart. That was a long time ago.
BenYehuda
(17 posts)....Wikileaks, this man's FOI quest, the ATT eaves drops...they are all leading to one thing.....we need ubiquitous encryption on the internet......it's coming....the cyberpunks are surely many steps ahead......Bitcoin etc....
Uncle Joe
(58,029 posts)Thanks for the thread, jayfish.
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)jayfish
(10,035 posts)As murky as this whole saga has been I don't buy any of it. It also doesn't excuse a blanket denial by the FBI of a FOIA request. I'd like a competent, independent third-party to look into this.
ON EDIT: http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/13/carrier-iq-fbi-rebuttal/
rethymnon
(16 posts)This article points out that the FBI's response could also mean that the FBI is investigating Carrier IQ.
http://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2011/dec/12/fbi-carrier-iq-files-used-law-enforcement-purposes/
meow2u3
(24,738 posts)That's law enforcement's standard operating procedure. Besides, would you want to let criminals who like to spy on unsuspecting civilians get off scot-free and give them a license to track your every move with impunity?
msongs
(67,129 posts)this case
saras
(6,670 posts)meow2u3
(24,738 posts)Let me clear up my post.
On the one hand, government officials and law enforcement are not allowed to comment on ongoing criminal investigation, especially if a judge issues a gag order; on the other hand, law enforcement, government, and businesses can be colluding in a massive corruption racket and use the pretext of an ongoing investigation to cover up such shady, if not outright illegal, behavior.
It's hard to tell whether the Feds are investigating or committing unlawful espionage.
Zhade
(28,702 posts)Tell me, did the crminals in the bush administration go to jail?
24601
(3,938 posts)leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)companies lose enough business they'll take it out