CarrierIQ the carriers rootkit on your mobile phone

Android Security Test has a story about Carrier IQ rootkit software on your mobile phone like HTC and Samsung and probably much more.Of course Carrier IQ do not call it a rootkit but in practice it for sure is. They literally can log anything you do with your mobi and it is a massive privacy invasion largely invisible for most customers. Of course it is not exactly opt-in too and opt-out is not easy although easier with Samsung then with HTC. The article is about the US carriers but I do not have the illusion that other carriers are any better. I'm really considering to switch back to a simple Symbian telephone which only function is to call or to be called and waive the middle finger to all those Stasi methods.