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ugh on Dec 1, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Carrier IQ references discovered in Apple's iOS

Why do they love data? What do they use it for?

still on Dec 1, 2011 [–]

BI. Looking at the past to guide future strategies.

marchdown on Dec 1, 2011 | | [–]

Does BI stand for Business Intelligence here?

maigret on Dec 1, 2011 | | | [–]

Yes it does.

ugh on Dec 1, 2011 | | [–]

But a keylogger?

I can understand how information about which apps crash, where calls and messages are dropped can be valuable but beyond that?

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