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Google’s Android Also Comes With a ‘Kill Switch’

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Matt Asay
Oct 17, 2008

“”Google may discover a product that violates the developer
distribution agreement…in such an instance, Google retains the
right to remotely remove those applications from your device at its
sole discretion,” the terms, linked to from the phone, read.


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