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Why the Kill Switch Makes Sense For Android

Posted by kdawson on from the open-in-its-bones dept.

Technologizer writes "It came out this week that Google's Android phone OS, like the iPhone, has a kill switch that lets Android Market applications be disabled remotely. But it's a mistake to lump Google's implementation and Apple's together — the Google version is a smart, pro-consumer move that avoids all the things that make Apple's version a bad idea."

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  1. im a turkish by unity100 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    and if you have been in turkey, you would have got beaten with a thick stick.

    pray your lucky stars that you live in a country which is that tolerant to racism.

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