The Kill Switch Comes to the PC - Businessweek
i also see another senerio someone cracking the killswitch and having fun meow.Google, Apple, and Amazon all have the ability to reach into devices to delete illicit content or edit code without users' permission.
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millions of desktop and laptop PCs will get kill switches for the first time.
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The history of kill switches on smartphones and e-readers suggests they’re double-edged swords for the companies that wield them. In 2009, Amazon reached into users’ Kindles to delete e-book copies of George Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm that had been sold by a publisher without the necessary rights. The ensuing backlash caused Amazon Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos to call the move “stupid, thoughtless, and painfully out of line with our principles.”