CyanogenMod nikada neće koristiti Carrier IQ

Ako ste ovih dana bili u toku sa dešavanjima na internetu, niste mogli da ne pročitate vest o Carrier IQ – firmi koja je u dogovoru sa mobilnim operaterima širom sveta imala svoju aplikaciju skrivenu u Android romu koja je “činila da telefoni rade bolje”. U slobodnom prevodu bi to značilo “špijuniramo korisnike i krademo informacije zarad svoje koristi“. Ova aplikacija može da snima sve živo na telefonu, uključujući pozive, poruke i istoriju web pretrage.

Zvanična poruka od ljudi koji prave CyanogenMod je sledeća:

 Everybody with access to a web browser over the last week or so has undoubtedly seen the recent upheaval about Carrier IQ. The truth is, Carrier IQ has been around for quite some time. It is one of the nastier examples of bloatware installed by carriers, and it is more than likely something that will always be there in some form or fashion. That is, as long as your phone is running the OEM provided version of Android.

As this version of Android is based entirely on work from the Android Open Source Project, the CyanogenMod team would like to assure everyone that Carrier IQ has never, and will never be a part of our Operating System. There is no risk of this kind of software to ever be shipped as a part of CyanogenMod, period. Please, take it upon yourselves to educate anyone who is concerned about Carrier IQ, and offer them CyanogenMod as the only real opt-out they are likely to get any time soon.

Ukratko: CM neće nikada koristiti Carrier IQ ili slične programe za nedozvoljeno prikupljanje podataka od korisnika. (Nisam prevodio tekst jer sam siguran da svi korisnici custom romova znaju engleski jezik bolje od srpskog, a oni koji ne koriste custom romove, neće čitati ovu vest.)

E sad, ovo je trenutna situacija, a šta će kasnije biti sa CyanogenMod romom ostaje pitanje, možda jednog dana i njegovi developeri dobiti neku dobru kintu u džep pa nam uvale kojekakve smrtne aplikacije, ko to zna.  Ili se možda u CM tajno ušunja neki ultrainteligentni CIA haker pa nam kroz slušalicu ubrizgaju neku superbakteriju ili supergoveđi virus koji će nam osušiti mozgove i pretvoriti nas u zombije. Ili smo već postali Android zombiji…? OMG!