Comment Re:Too expensive? (Score 1) 229
I'm always surprised at how much of an issue people make about the capability to remotely wipe phones, given how rarely it's useful. If the phone is simply lost, it's better to have something on the lock-screen that says, "If found, please contact [whoever]." If the phone is stolen because they want the hardware, they're just going to wipe the data anyway. If people are stealing it for the data, then all they have to do is block the phone/internet signal and the remote wipe won't happen.
That's why BB has an optional policy that will cause a phone to wipe itself if it can't contact the server for a set amount of time. Once contact is lost a timer starts on the phone itself so no server contact is required for a wipe to occur. This is of course a double edged sword that could get triggered if a user goes on vacation but simple planning can prevent that from being an issue.