There’s a lot more talk about potential threats to mobile security that any actual activity. But as mobile devices increasingly become used to initiate transactions, there’s no doubt that mobile computing devices present a tempting target for cyber criminals.

When the Carrier IQ scandal broke at the beginning of December, Research in Motion took the unusual step of saying it doesn't install Carrier IQ on BlackBerry smartphones and doesn’t authorize the carriers that sell BlackBerry devices to do it either. When presented with the evidence that those carriers have ignored RIM’s ban on Carrier IQ, the company took matters into its own hands.

When the Carrier IQ scandal broke at the beginning of December, Research in Motion took the unusual step of saying it doesn't install Carrier IQ on BlackBerry smartphones and doesn’t authorize the carriers that sell BlackBerry devices to do it either. When presented with the evidence that those carriers have ignored RIM’s ban on Carrier IQ, the company took matters into its own hands.