Google Activates Android "Kill Switch," Zaps Useless Apps

[OhBeeWan]

"This week the engineers at Google remotely activated the so-called Android "kill switch," a technology that allows the company to remotely remove applications installed on users' phones."
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Google Activates Android "Kill Switch," Zaps Useless Apps

Hmmmm, if I was an NRA member I'd say that this is the first step in an ongoing secretive plot to take our apps away. But I'm not . . . .

Gosh, Amazon caught hell for a similar stunt. And Apple? Will they pull this crap regularly. Will Google continue their 'transparent' app deleting actions?

It's both a good, and a bad thing depending on your view of 'Security'

 

[eliassami5]

ohh wow..not another one of these threads...

Its used for MALICIOUS APPS only, they dont just delete whatever app they feel like deleting.

 

[garrett]

ohh wow..not another one of these threads...

Its used for MALICIOUS APPS only, they dont just delete whatever app they feel like deleting.

exactly....


FYI

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...333-google-remotely-deletes-android-apps.html

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...ogle-can-remotely-remove-apps-our-phones.html