Carrier IQ and Google together tried to push the broader direction of the Carrier IQ investigation towards the carriers themselves. In a new letter, Senator Al Franken said he was now asking AT&T, HTC, Samsung, and Sprint about what information they were collecting with Carrier IQ. While Franken didn't absolve Carrier IQ, he wanted to include the carrier and phone makers as they "subsequently modified and actually installed" its software, the company told him.
