Wrote to Senator Al Franken's "Carrier IQ" demanding clarification of the results "alarming" findings security expert Trevor Eckhart.
Eckhart said that the company has access to both what the users of mobile phones, smart, although it does not require the approval of the first data recording.
The company said the software manufacturer product helps to identify the problems, not to spy on users.Sensitive data
The crisis raised after publication of Eckhart video clip on "YouTube" says he can show that the company "Carrier IQ" recording location of the user and Naqrath on the keyboard and websites visited.
The company tried to put pressure on Eckhart does not talk about it by threatening to take legal action, but declined after the intervention group on the rights of digital content, known as the "Electronic Frontier Foundation."
In a statement the company said that its program does not record the user clicks on the keyboard, but a means of enabling companies to identify the causes of faults in networks.
In a letter sent to the company asked U.S. Senator illustrate the types of data obtained by the program and how it was dealt with.
He writes that despite the company's claims, "Carrier IQ," some of the data obtained in connection with the identification of problems.
He warned that if the results of Eckhart may have reflected that the company "Carrier IQ" violate U.S. laws.Senate
Gave the company two weeks to provide explanations for its program.
Franken said in a statement that "the disclosure of the whereabouts of millions of Americans and their own sensitive information is recorded in secret and may be transported great concern."
He added: "We must on Carrier IQ to respond to many questions."
In the face of the company until the fourteenth of this month to respond to the Senator's speech.
Franken wrote the speech ex-officio chairman of the Senate Subcommittee responsible for the privacy and technology and the law.Important Notice
In an interview with the website "All Things A", by Andrew Coward, head of marketing the company to clarify what the program of the company.
He said that the codes registered user clicks on the keyboard to get to know the numbers that launches an alert. The relationship of these alerts problems with the phone or network.
Korad said that the company turned to alarm companies and ignored all other data, and the registration of some other information such as location and cell phone tower data to help determine the site when the texts or calls get lost en route.
He added that the company's decision to use the mobile phone companies, it is up to them to make a decision on the information being collected.
The company says its program is used in more than 140 million mobile phone.
The program was found in some Samsung phones and Andreod from "HTC". He said that both Korad was installed at the request of operators.
Also found on the program on your "iPhone 4". The company said "Apple" It stopped the use of software on "iPhone 4S" and other devices that use the system "iOS 5".
And U.S. companies are known to use this program, "AT & T" and "Sprint." British companies also said the newspaper "The Guardian" they did not use the program.
Has issued a "Nokia" and "RIM" data which stated that the two companies did not Tzmhaa using the products of the two.
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