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Senator Franken Continues Taking Names in Carrier IQ Inquest—Ass Kicking to Begin Shortly

As head of the Senate's privacy panel, Senator Al Franken has spearheaded the investigation into Carrier IQ's potential violations of multiple federal statutes. Now, he's requested AT&T, Sprint, HTC, and Samsung explain themselves as to what data, exactly, they've gathered using the program. They've until December 14th to respond. [Electronista]

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