There was outrage last month when it was discovered Apple had included a "kill switch" into the iPhone software.The kill switch meant that any applications Apple did not approve of or were dangerous could be disabled remotely by Apple themselves.
In the terms and conditions of the Google android fine print Google has said they "may discover a product that violates the developer distribution agreement ... in such an instance, Google retains the right to remotely remove those applications from your device at its sole discretion".
The T-Mobile G1 is the first phone to run the Android software developed by Google and goes on sale Oct. 22.
Will Google get the blogger world and mainstream press up in arms like Apple did?
But,since this is linux, I bet this "kill switch" will be gone quite soon through hacks :p
And, with either of those two examples (and there are many more licenses), any program that is newly created and does not use the Open Source licensed code is free to be licensed as the creator/copyright holder wishes - including kept totally closed.
I do understand that average joe would be grateful for this option since its only a matter of sending an application over bluetooth to infect another phone (albeit what such an application can do is limited).
I do understand that average joe would be grateful for this option since its only a matter of sending an application over bluetooth to infect another phone (albeit what such an application can do is limited).
MS should do the same for windows based pcs to stop ****ty programs windows
the downside people would bush them more lol
and oh the whole world would sue MS haahhaaa
I do understand that average joe would be grateful for this option since its only a matter of sending an application over bluetooth to infect another phone (albeit what such an application can do is limited).
MS should do the same for windows based pcs to stop ****ty programs windows
the downside people would bush them more lol
and oh the whole world would sue MS haahhaaa
Do you trust strangers to be completely honest with their doings? Do you trust anybody with your house? How about your car? Then why your cell phone?
How about your privacy? You don't care about that now do you? If they can kill any program they wish, they can surely find out what you got in your cellphone - this program can be easily turned into spying. Do you really trust them with your cellphone's contents?
I sure not.
I do understand that average joe would be grateful for this option since its only a matter of sending an application over bluetooth to infect another phone (albeit what such an application can do is limited).
MS should do the same for windows based pcs to stop ****ty programs windows
the downside people would bush them more lol
and oh the whole world would sue MS haahhaaa
They do have that. Windows will warn you when an application has known compatibility issues. It just gives you the choice of running it anyway.
so much for privacy
Well simple, your actions or inactions can cause issues with other people sharing the same space as you are. So say their is a free game you install and it came with a rouge application add-on (just like most spyware), your phone then becomes either a drone and is used to cause damage to the network or interupting other people's privacy time. The phone downloads tons of junk to itself and slows the network down (when hundreds of them are doing it) and spams everyone in your addressbook/contacts with non-stop spam!!!
If Google wants your private data there is no need to "hack" your phone as it's prolly already on google's servers anyways. Your email, contacts, calendar and all the other data will be synced to their servers whether you like it or not. So they don't even need your "trust" - they are already "in your house" They just haven't started looking around your drawers yet.
The makers of the car are not the ones limiting your speed, that is the government. It would be a better example to say that BMW has the ability to remove and after market mods you make to your car after buying it from them.
That being said, you are correct in stating that they already have access to your email, contacts, etc however what this implies is that they will/may look through your information versus the state they are in now of could/might look though your stuff. That would be why people are responding as they are.
They should make an app which downloads a list of bad software from Google servers and then scan the system for them and recommend they be removed if found.
Have we reached a point where privacy no longer has value among people? It is amazing that no one seems to value it in any case anymore. People are quick to put all their "stuff" in the "cloud" knowing it is being sold off to generate "contextual" ads. They are embracing this same methodology on the phone and adding to that the right of the maker to turn off anything they have installed.
If this path continues we are in for a very dark future where everything about us has a price and nothing is private.
Even more sickening is they are not just turning off random apps they, like Apple, are blocking and removing applications you paid for. I don't care what the item is, but the store should never be able to take back my purchase without paying me back.
Umm, there is no such thing as privacy in the wired world. The only way to guarantee information privacy is to turn off the device and bury it in concrete and bury that block of concrete hundreds of feet into the ground and pay a 24/7 guard to stand there. When you log on to the net whatever you decide to share is what becomes public knowledge. Joe user is still under the delightful impression that the Internet is one big happy party where everyone is safe from everyone else since it's all virtual. To bring up a quote from the move Hackers, Fischer Stevens character, "The Plague" says it best: "all the other people who have no idea what's going on, are the cattle, Moo."
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