Apple, HTC and Samsung use the cookie admit Carrier IQ

Nokia, Microsoft and RIM board deny the spyware in their products. This is not the case of all providers ...
The case of cookie CarrierIQ grows. From a developer discovered the presence of spyware embedded in smartphones, the controversy, which is not unlike that of rootkit activity (rootkits) hidden in Sony products, swells. 
And if the CEO of Carrier IQ apologized today flatly, some vendors rush to deny outright the use of this software or minimize the role. RIM for example, formally denies pre-install the software in its smartphones, or even allow its partners to do so. Ditto for Nokia and Microsoft argue that the heart, "none of our phones" embarks CarrierIQ.

Apple does not deny

However Apple does not deny, but that the software will CarrierIQ "completely removed" in a "software update to come." Hackers have also found the software in several iPhone models, including those running iOS 5. HTC, whose phone was originally revealed the rootkit, but also Samsung, have also confirmed that their phones could include software, but "at the request of their partner."

U.S. carriers Sprint and AT & T also admitted using the software CarrierIQ "in a manner consistent with the law", and "only to monitor network performance."

Meanwhile the U.S. Senate has been involved in the debate, and asked CarrierIQ to explain in detail the information collected. Remember, on his official website, CarrierIQ boasts of being present on nearly 150 million devices.