[OoTheNigerian]

Because every single statement from phone manufacturers have indicated that it was the carriers that demanded this be put on the handsets

Aww. Poor vulnerable and naive billion dollar phone manufacturers! </sarcasm>

How does that exonerate the phone manufacturers? At the very least they should have disclosed this to the people they sold phones to.

Even at that why is the rage not directed at the carriers? In addition, I doubt the carriers can make such modifications without the active participation of the phone manufacturers.