Just as the title of the post mentions, there apparently exists a program or application on our smart phones that "tracks" everything from every key stroke to every URL visited on the phone, claims researcher and developer Trevor Eckhart. I came about this topic when it first surfaced last week and I was kind of surprised to learn about it. With today's technology, it may seem a little difficult to imagine not owning a smart phone - I personally only know a hand full of people that refuse to switch and still use their 5+ years old phones. Smart phone have made life way easier with being able to surf the web for sites we require information from or to just kill time, being able to use applications such as Google Maps to get us from place to place, or even applications like WhatsApp that connects via the Internet and allows the user to send messages to their contacts for free; nationally or internationally. So to read the article was needless to say very shocking and surprising. This updated article talks more about how the issue has been developing and how even there has been a filing in court against Carrier IQ (the company responsible for the application). It's a very interesting article to read and see the opposing views from each side.
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