[Epic 4G General] yayorbitgum:
Regardless of whether people agree to or do not agree with the invasive power that CarrierIQ provides to service providers, I only use ROMs that have removed CarrierIQ due to its phenomenal ability to drain the battery and hog CPU use.

No one with a smartphone (or a SSN for that matter) has complete privacy, but this amount of tracking and battery use is just stupid, regardless if it is "off by default". Sure everything can be off by default. But do you know when it's turned on? And why would they not turn it on for all users they can? I would assume it provides extremely valuable information for all purposes.

Because it is not explained up front (shady), because there is no easy/official opt-in/out option, and ultimately because it drains my battery *way* more than anything else, I choose to not use it. And I would advise everyone to do the same.

FYI, on stock with CarrierIQ, battery life with low screen brightness, 3g only, no phonecalls and on-and-off use throughout the day (games, texting, etc) usually gave me 7-10 hours battery life, which was fine.

However, using a stock ROM which removes CarrierIQ, with all the same variables, I'm getting 16-18 hours of on-and-off use before needing to charge. This is not exaggerated in the slightest, which is why I so strongly oppose CarrierIQ now and have since been doing a lot of research on it.

There are other, less intrusive methods of tracking data that they truly need to track for improvement. CarrierIQ is just the powerful and easy tool to use at the expense of everyone else.

You're a fool if you think the corporate world won't exploit all the data that something like CarrierIQ can provide. It's too valuable not to. I get all cons and no pros keeping it on my phone. It's a no-brainer for me.

And let me just say a perfect example of why people are so easy to exploit in things even as small as this is because of the people who say things like "You don't like it? Don't use that service". Yeah, there you go. Bend over and take it. Instead of doing something about it and making the world maybe just a bit better, you instead accept your "fate" of being screwed over and there's nothing you can do about it, because that's just the way it is.

That type of thinking would get us nowhere. Those kind of thoughts are what will bring around acceptance of expensive data caps on mobile and basic internet. That kind of acceptance is what will allow the TSA to become a part of normal life (Don't like being groped? Don't fly. Quit complaining). That is exactly the kind of thinking that leads to corruption, because there is no back-lash from the population. And when there is no back-lash, those in power will keep pushing more and more to gain more and more profit (not limited to monetary gain) because they figure hey, people don't seem to mind too much so I guess it's not so bad! And it's not necessarily intentional corruption, but rather lack of knowledge and ignorance, and when the people who are being exploited are also ignorant, the people in power won't know any better. Do you see what I'm saying? This is how the world operates. Bottom line, everyone is just a person. Communication is vital.

But, eventually people will realize what's going on, but then it's a bit too late. Examples of this around the world with revolutions/protests/etc.

CarrierIQ is something small in such a large picture that I've drawn here, but it all stems from the same thinking.

I'm sorry to say, but you are a sheep if you support things of this nature.

Think for yourself and question authority. Because authority might not be thinking all that much either, until you bring it up. In this case, obviously that means opposing something like CarrierIQ to a greater extent beyond just telling people to use a different service provider.

But that's just how I think.. Perhaps I think in too large of a frame, too long-term. After all, ignorance is bliss. Most people think in very small frames, very short-term. And I could go on and on about short-term thinking and short-term gains and what that's doing to the world... But I'll save that for another time.