Congressman asks FTC to investigate Carrier IQ

Just one day after Sen. Al Franken asked Carrier IQ, mobile phone carriers and smartphone manufacturers to answer several questions regarding the purpose of Carrier IQ, another politician has stepped in to get the Federal Trade Commission involved. Congressman Edward J. Markey, who is also the co-chairman of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, sent a letter to the chairman of the FTC asking for an investigation into Carrier IQ’s software.