Microsoft Can Remotely Kill Purchased Apps

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 8, 2011 @02:54PM from the killing-distance dept.

Meshach writes "The terms of service for Microsoft's newly launched Windows Store allows the seller to remotely kill or remove access to a user's apps for security or legal reasons. The story also notes that MS states purchasers are responsible for backing up the data that you store in apps that you acquire via the Windows Store, including content you upload using those apps. If the Windows Store, an app, or any content is changed or discontinued, your data could be deleted or you may not be able to retrieve data you have stored."

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Re:Wrong by myowntrueself · 2011-12-08 22:47 · Score: 1, Redundant

(to us Australians who aren't afraid of the human body, this seem pants on head retarded).

Is that the same Australia where a couple were arrested, tried and convicted for having sex in the lounge of their house, not visible from the street? When an off duty cop entered their garden 'looking for his lost dog' and saw them through the window?

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