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Epic

9:43 AM on 17 October, 2008

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So Google's mission statement/motto should be changed to "do no *unnecessary* evil"? Sounds like the start of a slippery slope to me.

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dlord

11:30 AM on 17 October, 2008

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Everyone complains now but I wonder how many people will continue the argument when (and I say when, not if) a piece of malware reaches hundreds of handsets and Apple/Google save the day with their little switch.

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ChaosDefinesOrder

11:56 AM on 17 October, 2008

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I totally agree - it'd be far worse not to have some way of stopping a malicious program! People are always going to complain about any form of online policing, but will always be quick to praise the police when they fix something that goes wrong!

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gareth2

1:12 PM on 17 October, 2008

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It is going to be hard for Google to srick the balance between security/control and freedom to download open-source aps. Only time will tell.

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FrancescoMastellone

9:27 PM on 17 October, 2008

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I mostly trust Google, and their engagement in free/open software is laudable. This killswitch has the potential to lead to trusted-computing, but today's market is not the same that allowed Microsoft to reach monopoly(especially as people seem to be more savvy about their phones than their computers for some reason), and I doubt it will be used for anything but security.

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DEB

10:30 PM on 21 October, 2008

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Big news Android has been released! http://source.android.com/

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