Verizon is now entering user phones and removing apps it doesn't like (Digital Trends)

Digital Trends - Apparently the red Droid eye on Verizon phones is more than an homage to HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey. If you�??re a Verizon subscriber, the high data speeds and reliable network now come with a new cost: privacy. The carrier has begun pushing out smartphone updates that cripple the ability for any of its devices to be used as a free mobile hotspot. HTC ThunderBolt owners have already experienced this, as that phone�??s Hotspot abilities were remotely removed in a recent patch. However, worse than the flip of a switch, we now know that Verizon has the ability to remove apps from any user�??s Android phone and is using that ability to remotely wipe any free Internet tethering apps from phones, according to DSL Reports.

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