"As records of courts and justice are admissible, it can easily be proved that powerful and malevolent magicians once existed and were a scourge to mankind. The evidence (including confession) upon which certain women were convicted of witchcraft and executed was without a flaw; it is still unimpeachable. The judges' decisions based on it were sound in logic and in law. Nothing in any existing court was ever more thoroughly proved than the charges of witchcraft and sorcery for which so many suffered death. If there were no witches, human testimony and human reason are alike destitute of value."
Wired magazine says every packet you send through Verizon's cell network has a tracking number unique to you attached ( http://www.wired.com/2014/10/verizons-perma-cookie/ ). But heck, that's something only geeks would care about, right? Right??
Ambrose Bierce said it best
"As records of courts and justice are admissible, it can easily be
proved that powerful and malevolent magicians once existed and were a
scourge to mankind. The evidence (including confession) upon which
certain women were convicted of witchcraft and executed was without a
flaw; it is still unimpeachable. The judges' decisions based on it were
sound in logic and in law. Nothing in any existing court was ever more
thoroughly proved than the charges of witchcraft and sorcery for which
so many suffered death. If there were no witches, human testimony and
human reason are alike destitute of value."
Plus there's the Verizon scandal..
Wired magazine says every packet you send through Verizon's cell network has a tracking number unique to you attached ( http://www.wired.com/2014/10/verizons-perma-cookie/ ). But heck, that's something only geeks would care about, right? Right??
Also it's a security risk
That bloatware is also a fair-sized security hole. If an attacker can rely on an installed application to subvert your phone, she will.
The best solution to this is a 3rd party build such as cyanogenmod. Installing it is the first thing I do to any purchased cellphone.