Just saw this post up on slashdot that claims "many" Android, Nokia and Blackberry phones come loaded with "rootkit" like spyware capable of logging and uploading user info such as key strokes, detailed app usage, web pages visited, location info etc. - all sorts of info certain people and organisations would pay a lot of money for.

Apparently it's all based on a tool called CarrierIQ, their website is very frank about their mission (emphasis mine):

Is this a bad joke? this seems to have been going on for quite some time without most people noticing. it's sad that there is no really free option for handset users. Sure, we could compile our own Cyanogenmod for Android or choose our own firmware for our Maemo devices, but as long as there are binary blobs there's no way to know for sure nothing fishy is happening in the background.

Has anyone here found this software on their device(s)?