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    Microsoft's Marketplace for Mobile Kill Switch Isn't as Scary as It Sounds

    Microsoft Marketplace to Include Remote Kill Switch with Apps

    Google Has a Remote Kill Switch For Android Apps

    How to Disable the App Store Kill Switch Using Your Jailbroken iPhone

    60 Million Apps Sold at iTunes Store, There is a Kill Switch, Says Steve Jobs
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    Image of Kaspir Kaspir
    09/18/09

    In reply to Microsoft's Marketplace for Mobile Kill Switch Isn't as Scary as It Sounds
    wasn't sideload on the list of buzzwords giz hates recently?? Like, it creates a desire to kill someone when they see/hear it??? or am I mixing things up here....
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    Image of John Herrman John Herrman
    09/18/09

    @Kaspir: No you're right. BUZZWORD'D
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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    09/18/09

    In reply to Microsoft's Marketplace for Mobile Kill Switch Isn't as Scary as It Sounds
    I hate the way these kinds of things are going. Once it's on your device it should stay there and not still be monitored. After the bad publicity Amazon had gotten, I guess this statement was just to make sure no one flipped.
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    Image of SQLGuru SQLGuru
    09/18/09

    @Purple Monkey Dishwasher: If MS figures out than an app is actually spyware or a virus, I wouldn't mind if they removed it (but probably with a warning so I would know why it was gone). It would also be nice if an app that I "sideload" were automatically recognized an become managed (updated) via the app store.
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    09/18/09

    @SQLGuru: Yeah good point, notification ahead of time is probably the key.
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    Image of Anonymoose Anonymoose
    09/18/09

    In reply to Microsoft's Marketplace for Mobile Kill Switch Isn't as Scary as It Sounds
    WHAT????

    *hurriedly goes back on craigslist and tries to buy back house and family*
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    Reil: Ignore this promoted this comment Anonymoose was starred Anonymoose was unstarred
    Image of John Herrman John Herrman
    09/18/09

    @Anonymoose: TOO LATE. Your Dad's a really cool dude, btw
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    Image of Anonymoose Anonymoose
    09/18/09

    @John Herrman: HAH! jokes on you, he's refurbished.

    but you probably knew that seeing as how you bought him wearing his patented uniform of a wife beater tucked into boxers whilst wearing dress socks.

    sigh, i'll miss you, pops.
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    09/18/09

    @Anonymoose: Damn it...all I got was your creepy Uncle. Last time I buy family members from Craigslist.
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    Image of HyperDrunk HyperDrunk
    09/17/09

    In reply to Microsoft Marketplace to Include Remote Kill Switch with Apps
    I say having a killswitch is ok, simply because an app may release an update that may place the app against the terms of use by microsoft, such as placing a nude picture in a game designed for young kids to play on there parents phones... my 7 year old plays on my phone all the time. just because they have it, don't assume they are going to kill everything, microsoft is smart enough to know only to use it in a situation that calls for it.

    also, headset = handset ??
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment HyperDrunk was starred HyperDrunk was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    09/17/09

    @HyperDrunk: Yes, headset should've been handset. Fixed. Thank you for spotting it.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    09/17/09

    In reply to Microsoft Marketplace to Include Remote Kill Switch with Apps
    Sure there's a kill switch, sometimes you need that, but most of the time users will just set their Zune to stun.
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    Image of dallasmay dallasmay
    09/17/09

    In reply to Microsoft Marketplace to Include Remote Kill Switch with Apps
    The iPhone and Android have the same kill-switch. WebOS probably has it too.

    While this sucks to think about, it's probably not that big of deal.
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    Bigbadbikernerd promoted this comment dallasmay was starred dallasmay was unstarred
    Image of VL-Tone VL-Tone
    09/16/09

    In reply to Microsoft Marketplace to Include Remote Kill Switch with Apps
    Note: This is different from Apple's stance about their iPhone/iPod touch OS kill-switch.

    Apple stated that the iPhone OS kill-switch would only used to remove malicious apps.

    And for those who'll say "But Apple could...":

    Since the iTunes app store opened, the kill-switch has NEVER been used by Apple, despite them having removed dozens (hundreds?) of apps from the app store for "other reasons".

    The apps that are removed from the app store are not removed from the iPhone/iPod touch and continue to work.

    If you want a proof of this: check the publicly available .xml file that the iPhone OS uses to determine which malicious apps it would have to remove:

    [iphone-services.apple.com]

    See? This list is empty and has always been since no malicious apps ever found their way on the iTunes app store (yet).
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment VL-Tone was starred VL-Tone was unstarred
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    09/16/09

    In reply to Microsoft Marketplace to Include Remote Kill Switch with Apps
    This is most likely just a "cover your ass" type thing, same as with Apple and Google.

    You're still going to be able to go around Marketplace and side-load, so if you're paranoid about the "kill switch" just get it straight from the developer.
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    Image of jetRink jetRink
    09/16/09

    In reply to Microsoft Marketplace to Include Remote Kill Switch with Apps
    Someone should tell Microsoft that they don't need to copy *every* aspect of the app store.
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    Image of G.O.B.: Come on! G.O.B.: Come on!
    09/16/09

    In reply to Microsoft Marketplace to Include Remote Kill Switch with Apps
    Edit: I don't approve. I don't want an app Nazi telling me what I can run on my hardware.
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    Edited by G.O.B.: Come on! at 09/16/09 10:50 PM G.O.B.: Come on! was starred G.O.B.: Come on! was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    09/16/09

    In reply to Microsoft Marketplace to Include Remote Kill Switch with Apps
    As long as they promise to only occasionally use the handset to send a high voltage shock through someones brain, either killing or lobotomizing them, I'm happy. I mean, there's using something with moderation, there's just going crazy.
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    Image of snoop_dizzle snoop_dizzle
    09/16/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_HasANewiPodTouc...: Don't forget though that some people are into that kinky shock thing so it might be a turn on for some and be very popular in the kinky community. Why would you want to alienate them? Though we could turn down the voltage a bit....
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    GitEmSteveDave_HasANewiPodTouch promoted this comment snoop_dizzle was starred snoop_dizzle was unstarred
    Image of Shadowfury Shadowfury
    09/16/09

    In reply to Microsoft Marketplace to Include Remote Kill Switch with Apps
    That's gotta be one of the worst marketing decisions in Microsoft's history. Did they forget how mad people were about the whole Kindle issue? If it made people mad before, why do it again?
    Microsoft, I am disappoint.
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    GitEmSteveDave_HasANewiPodTouch promoted this comment Shadowfury was starred Shadowfury was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    09/16/09

    @Shadowfury: People get more angry losing all their data or security threats than they do at losing one app.
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    Image of Shadowfury Shadowfury
    09/16/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_HasANewiPodTouc...: True, but what if you paid for that app? What if you had a lot of important information on that app that was irrecoverable? It's details like these that make the difference between a good experience and a bad one.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    09/16/09

    @Shadowfury: Don't worry. Your super-high scores will still be safe.
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