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Old 03-07-2011, 09:58 AM   #1
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Post Google removes rogue Android apps


"Google has used a "kill switch" to clean up phones hit by rogue Android applications."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12667540


Comment: So now Google has a 'kill switch' to remove un-wanted apps? Whats to stop Google from abusing this power, and removing potentially competing apps, and not just malicious ones? Hrmmmm very interesting.
 
Old 03-07-2011, 08:50 PM   #2
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They were malware-infected, so Google had a right to remove them as they may have caused great harm to Android phones.
 
  


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