Stop mandating stuff!
Stay outta my life US Government!
yeah...that damn clean water **** is so controlling!
Stop mandating stuff!
Stay outta my life US Government!
As with the California bill, it is likely that Apple's Activation Lock, introduced alongside iOS 7, satisfies the listed requirements.
Take it off and keep it off. If a government wanted to suppress protest communication they have easier ways other than using this than a kill switch. Too much effort when they have easier options considering the government already pretty much controls communications in general and shut down cellular services, TV and Radio.Before I say what I am about to say let me put my tin foil hat on.
Ok i'm all set.
In any effective protest one major component has to be in place. That component in this case is communication. Wipe out communication and you slow down movement and public awareness to a crawl. The ability to stifle communication like that is to much power for one group to have. I am sorry if replacing a stolen iPhone from time to time is the price I have to pay, so be it.
Just a thought.
Tin foil hat off.
Take it off and keep it off. If a government wanted to suppress protest communication they have easier ways other than using this than a kill switch. Too much effort when they have easier options considering the government already pretty much controls communications in general and shut down cellular services, TV and Radio.
Overzealous autocorrect?
I'll take a pass....I love the federal government for a great deal of things, but I don't want a "kill switch" on my phone that the "Feds" control.
Phone theft is a serious issue, no doubt, but a federal government controlled solution seems like overkill for a solution.
My friend had her iPhone stolen yesterday, and she immediately put it into lost mode.
It will keep them from re-selling it, but I doubt they are going to find her and return her phone.
Most criminals are too stupid to realize that they won't be able to sell the phone before they steal it.
And people who steal phones to feed a drug habit typically don't care how much they get for something, so if it turns out it's only worth $20, that's $20 towards their next fix.
I'll take a pass....I love the federal government for a great deal of things, but I don't want a "kill switch" on my phone that the "Feds" control.
Phone theft is a serious issue, no doubt, but a federal government controlled solution seems like overkill for a solution.
Given all that we have learned about the NSA this year, I'm not inclined to trust the federal government with tech based solutions right now.
It will be a while before I trust the 'Feds" with my tech access again....
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We don't need a law to mandate this. Google and Microsoft just need to follow Apple's lead and bake something into their OS and all will be fine. I know BlackBerry already has something similar but I'm not sure if it works outside of a BBES environment.
If the government gets involved, they'll want to mandate (and have access to) all kinds of "kill switches" on anything that could get stolen. The police won't have to be involved in high speed car chases anymore -- they'll just press a button and immobilize the car. While there would be some obvious benefit to that in terms of public safety, it also has enormous opportunities for abuse.
Oh great, more "for your own good" Trojan Horse legislation mandated by the U.S. Government. You know, those guys that you can trust....
This has population communication control written all over it. If the rabble is rousing and marching on the castle, the NSA can simply push a button and the rabble cannot communicate, call in reinforcements, etc.
And please don't start with the tin foil hat comments...we "conspiracy nuts" are turning out to have been right all along about the intentions of our friendly government.
That's fine, as long as the owner of the device is the only one killing anything.
It would probably not be long until someone discovered a bug that would let them activate the phone kill switch.
Congress also should supply the phone manufacturers with the money necessary to implement the changes if Congress requires the changes.