Many smart phones, not iPhones, come with carrier pre-installed root kits!

[thewayne]

Woohoo! It was discovered by a security researcher, Trevor Eckhart, and now the company that makes the rootkit, Carrier IQ, is trying to suppress his research.

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/16/1517248/carrieriq-most-phones-ship-with-rootkit

http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/11/23/0032233/carrieriq-tries-to-silence-security-researcher