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Re: Window 8 tattles to MS about EVERY app you install

Don't forget the kill switch

»Microsoft Includes Kill Switch In Windows 8

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said by Cartel:

Don't forget the kill switch

»Microsoft Includes Kill Switch In Windows 8

Thanks for the reminder.

More info here:

The Windows 8 Kill Switch: A Hacker's Dream Come True

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said by Cartel:

Don't forget the kill switch

»Microsoft Includes Kill Switch In Windows 8

And what makes this kill switch different then any other vendor's kill switch? Really guys your religion is showing here, try to keep it technical and not religious OK.

Blake

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said by Link Logger:

said by Cartel:

Don't forget the kill switch

»Microsoft Includes Kill Switch In Windows 8

And what makes this kill switch different then any other vendor's kill switch?

What makes it different is that most other OSes (except OS X maybe?), including all open source OSes, do NOT have a kill switch.
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Really guys your religion is showing here, try to keep it technical and not religious OK.

Really guys LL your religion is showing here, try to keep it technical and not religious OK.

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said by Link Logger:

said by Cartel:

Don't forget the kill switch

»Microsoft Includes Kill Switch In Windows 8

And what makes this kill switch different then any other vendor's kill switch?

What makes it different is that most other OSes (except OS X maybe?), including all open source OSes, do NOT have a kill switch.

Does the iPad/iPhone have a kill switch? Does Android have a kill switch? And for bonus points, have those switches ever been used?

What about Apple's GateKeeper?

Blake

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said by Link Logger:

Does the iPad/iPhone have a kill switch? Does Android have a kill switch? And for bonus points, have those switches ever been used?

What about Apple's GateKeeper?

Blake

Good questions. Guess that you probably know. Please tell us.

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said by Link Logger:

Does the iPad/iPhone have a kill switch? Does Android have a kill switch? And for bonus points, have those switches ever been used?

Comparing mobile OS with (primarily) a desktop os.

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said by Link Logger:

Does the iPad/iPhone have a kill switch? Does Android have a kill switch? And for bonus points, have those switches ever been used?

What about Apple's GateKeeper?

Blake

Apple's Gatekeeper is not a remote kill switch. OS X only checks for the existence of a security certificate on first run (which can also be easily bypassed). It does not phone home in any way, nor is there any way for Apple to remotely disable an app.

Only iOS and Android have a remote kill switch. And Google has used their kill switch for legitimate purposes. Apple has not used theirs yet. You can see the black listed apps here: »iphone-services.apple.co ··· izedApps

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said by Link Logger:

Does the iPad/iPhone have a kill switch? Does Android have a kill switch? And for bonus points, have those switches ever been used?

Comparing mobile OS with (primarily) a desktop os.

I'm not sure that Windows 8 is primarily a desktop OS as it is available as both a tablet and phone so I think of Windows 8 as more a mobile OS then a desktop.

Blake

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the fake windows tablets with the alpha chip, I'll give you that.
windows8 does not run on a smartphone, only the UI is similar.

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the fake windows tablets with the alpha chip, I'll give you that.
windows8 does not run on a smartphone, only the UI is similar.

from »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi ··· ws_phone
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Windows Phone 8

On June 20, 2012, Microsoft unveiled Windows Phone 8, a new generation of the operating system for release later in 2012. Windows Phone 8 will replace its previously Windows CE-based architecture with one based off the Windows NT kernel with many components shared with Windows 8, allowing applications to be easily ported between the two platforms.
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Never mind. Link Logger See Profile already knows.
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Windows Phone 8 will replace its previously Windows CE-based architecture with one based off the Windows NT kernel with many components shared with Windows 8, allowing applications to be easily ported between the two platforms.
Interesting. I worked on a project using WinCE some years ago but I'm sure embedded processors have more horsepower now making this possible.