QuickPoll: Did carriers and smartphone makers use Carrier IQ to track users?

December 2, 2011 08:19 AM ET

Top mobile phone providers have been revealed as using software from Carrier IQ that can gather and track personal data from a user's smartphone. Do you think carriers and smartphone makers used Carrier IQ to track users?

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