Microsoft Outlines Windows Phone 7 Kill Switch 258
nk497 writes "Microsoft has outlined how it might use the little publicized 'kill switch' in Windows Phone 7 handsets. 'We don't really talk about it publicly because the focus is on testing of apps to make sure they're okay, but in the rare event that we need to, we have the tools to take action,' said Todd Biggs, director of product management for Windows Phone Marketplace. According to Biggs, Microsoft's strict testing of apps when they are submitted for inclusion in Marketplace should minimize kill switch use, but he explained how the company could remove apps from the marketplace or phones, when devices check-in to the system. 'We could unpublish it from the catalog so that it was no longer available, but if it was very rogue then we could remove applications from handsets — we don't want things to go that far, but we could.'"
Re:Proactive virus and bot protection (Score:3, Funny)
How sad that the phone is so insecure that malicious code could run.
Everything can run malic... wait...
Oh, OK. Trolling. Carry on then.
Re:hmm (Score:5, Funny)
Commodore, for sitting on their asses and letting the Amiga fall behind the competition?
Re:hmm (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Too grainular (Score:3, Funny)
If I were to put rouge on my handset my neighbours son would be SO...SO jealous.
Re:NSA Key (Score:1, Funny)
Oy vey... (Score:4, Funny)
"Unpublish it"? As opposed to simply de-listing it, or removing it from the catalog? "Very rogue"? I had no idea there was a spectrum of roguishness. I sincerely hope that English is his second language. I don't feel the need to correct the spelling or grammar of Slashdot commentators, but this guy is speaking on behalf of a giant corporation.
Entirely new idea: (Score:3, Funny)
How about we sell phones that the customer actually OWNS and CONTROLS?
Crazy thought, huh?
Old tricks (Score:3, Funny)
"A lack of synergy will commit us to depublishing your works and down-sizing your position. Thanks to competitive agreements with neighbors, we've cornered the market in potential employment with a bonus outreach to family members."
OR
"Since you don't share in the corporate culture around here, you're going to be censored and eventually fired. If you try to work in this city again, we'll skull fuck you and your whole family."