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Microsoft Outlines Windows Phone 7 Kill Switch
nk497 writes "Microsoft has outlined how it might use the little publicized 'kill switch' in Windows Phone 7 handsets. 'We don't really talk about it publicly because the focus is on testing of apps to make sure they're okay, but in the rare event that we need to, we have the tools to take action,' said Todd Biggs, director of product management for Windows Phone Marketplace. According to Biggs, Microsoft's strict testing of apps when they are submitted for inclusion in Marketplace should minimize kill switch use, but he explained how the company could remove apps from the marketplace or phones, when devices check-in to the system. 'We could unpublish it from the catalog so that it was no longer available, but if it was very rogue then we could remove applications from handsets — we don't want things to go that far, but we could.'"
Another clueless person...
Assuming you were to get an iPhone (but you won't because of ignorant brand-hatred), you could jailbreak it - which legal because you own the device. Then you could do whatever you want with it and install apps not approved by Apple.
Same goes for Android and I'm sure the same will go for Windows 7 phones.
Don't be such a troll because the hardware/software vendor is actually pro-active at trying damn hard to ensure the user experience is optimal and your personal information doesn't end up all over the Internet. If every computer user in the world was as smart as you are, there probably would not be any rampant malware on such a large number of Windows computers in the world.