Sam Biddle writes:
Well, I suppose this was inevitable: the FBI, via a Freedom of Information Act request denial, inadvertently admitted to involvement with Carrier IQ. And it won’t say how.
The government transparency wranglers atMuckRock filed for a FOIA release on the FBI’s use of Carrier IQ, and by saying no, they almost said it all:
The material you requested is located in an investigative file which is exempt from disclosure…
Read more on Gizmodo.
In the meantime, I’m still awaiting a response to my FOI request on the U.K.’s Met Police as to whether they’re investigating the use of Carrier IQ there as a violation of R.I.P.A. We’ll see what they day. I should hear back by the end of this month.