Mac OS Ken: 12.05.2011

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7 • 997 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2011

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Congressman Markey Asks FTC to Investigate Carrier IQ / German Data Protection Authority Quizzes Apple Over Use of Carrier IQ / Carrier IQ, HTC, and Samsung Sued for Alleged Federal Wiretap Statute Violation / Report: Leaked T-Mobile Memo Shows Carrier Putting Carrier IQ on BlackBerry Phone Against RIM’s Direction / CNET: Carriers - Not Carrier IQ - Biggest Cause of Carrier IQ Privacy Issues / Brazil and Russia to Start Official iPhone 4S Sales on 16 December / comScore: Apple Fourth-Largest Cellphone Maker in the U.S. / Apple Seeds Second Build of 10.7.3 to Developers / Apple Insider: Thailand Flooding Likely Cause of Massive Delay for BtO 2TB iMac / Hearst Magazine President Pleased With Progress on Digital Subscriptions / Report: Apple VP of Government Sales Is No Longer with the Company / US Federal Judge Denies Apple Request for Preliminary Injunction Barring Galaxy Tab 10.1 Sales / Electronista: Apple ACTUALLY Seeks as Much as 16.2-Billion-Dollar Bail in German Case with Motorola Mobility

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0:00.0	Today's audio advent calendar. Oh Christmas tree. This is Mac OSKIN. The carrier IQ saga continues, the iPhone grows in area and control, and the floods in Thailand may be hitting the iMac.
0:30.0	It's Monday, December 5th, 2011.
0:33.4	I'm Ken Ray and this is news from Maco S. Ken.
0:38.0	Brought to you by yours truly and supported by listeners like you,
0:42.1	subscribers to Maco can Day 6.
0:45.8	More information is available at MacoS can.com.
0:50.0	This show is also supported by the Mac OS Can Podcast App for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch,
0:57.1	available in the App Store now for $2.99.
1:02.2	Uncle Sam and Uncle Helmut both have questions about carrier IQ.
1:07.0	I told you on Friday, as much as I know about the carrier IQ thing,
1:11.0	it's software that theoretically helps wireless carriers track and maintain
1:15.6	quality of service. Though one developer seems to have found evidence that it can do
1:19.9	owe so much more than that, including it seems grabbing and sending off to
1:24.0	C IQ's servers the contents of text messages, phone numbers, dialed,
1:28.1	websites visited, you know the little things. No we don't have all of the answers yet, but we want them,
1:35.0	especially a couple of people on Capitol Hill.
1:37.5	Late last week, comedian turned Senator Al Franken wrote to carrier IQ,
1:42.0	explaining to them that they had a lot of spainin' to do.
1:45.2	Now N-Gadgett says Massachusetts Congressman Ed Markey
1:48.7	isn't even giving the company a chance to explain,
1:51.3	choosing instead to ask the Federal Trade Commission to open an investigation
1:55.0	into carrier IQ.
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