Content-type: text/html Downes.ca ~ Stephen's Web ~ Google Remotely Flips the Kill Switch on Questionable Android App

Stephen Downes

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It's one thing when you run anti-malware software top clean your computer, and quite another when it is run remotely, without your knowledge or explicit consent. But that's the difference between the computer market, where people own their own machines, and the mobile phone market, where manufacturers can and will delete applications they don't like. Google is the latest to flex its manufacturer's muscles, removing two applications from users' Android phones.

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