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Me thinks you doth protest too much.

• Obama Presses China On Global Warming - Conservatives would argue global warming doesn't exist
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• Fukushima Radiation Still Poisoning Insects - Conservatives know nuclear power is safe
• Study Links Pacific Coastal Warming To Changing Winds - More climate change claptrap

..and that's without going past the first two pages of headlines.

One would think so, but they may also just want to activate the wipe to intentionally delete the data on the phone that could exonerate you!

http://justiceforbradcooper.wo...

Exactly! Or maybe someone took some photos or videos that a government doesn't want to get out. Simply kill the phone and you are done with that problem.

The bad scenarios are far more dangerous than not having a kill switch.

Besides, weren't there apps that do this that folks could purchase of their own free will"?

This is a record. Godwin's law before the comments!

http://xkcd.com/261/

One site I participated in had a great way to deal with trolls. Once your rating became negative enough, you were put on a global /ignore and no one saw your posts except yourself and others with equally negative reputations.

Checking out Detroit is definitely on my bucket list. However, I have conveniently put it as the last item just in case it's the last thing I do.

Tesla is trying to be a disruptive force in the auto market, they aren't going to do that by locating in Detroit. Too many "old car" thinkers.

It sounds like the real scammers are the credit card issues that have a system in place to override that has ZERO security in place.

Even then, I don't think I rank anywhere special. Oh well.

You NEVER EVER NEVER want to search for a patent when implementing something. To do so opens you up to a willful violation of that patent and treble (x3) damages.

They think a centralized kill switch would be a FANTASTIC idea! Just brick the phones for anyone who dares challenge the state.

I can really see how this might be useful in the US. Instead of the IRS investigating tea partiers, we could just selectively brick their phones. Or if you swing the other way, disable those iPhones from all those annoying hispter Occupy protesters. Seriously, you have an iPhone and you complain about the 99%? You are the 1% globally.

I'd rather my car insurance not cover oil changes and tire rotations. I don't mind paying for catastrophic care, which because of my age (over 30) the Affordable Care Act has made illegal.

Please describe in detail your first sexual encounter. That has about as much relevance to my post as anything else. It really doesn't matter what I had as part of a private business transaction.

What matters now is the choices I have due to government force.

Aren't you a lucky duck.

The second cheapest plan my family could purchase (on or off the exchange) is a $640 bronze POS plan (yes, it calls itself a POS) that has a nice budget friendly $11,000 family deductible.

Obamacare has been a flat out DISASTER for my family. Of course, it makes sense that we have more coverage. When you have everyone pay for maternity coverage, everyone pay for mental health and substance abuse coverage and give out free well visits and routine exams of course costs are going to go up. It doesn't matter if you want (or need) that coverage.

My family is now paying for coverage we don't want or need and will have to pay out of pocket $11k (in addition to almost $8k in premium) before our "insurance" kicks in. This must be one of those crap plans Obama and the Democrats talk about.

...they all stopped by to give a +1 to this idea. They'd love a way to be able to brick cell phones of protesters and stop videos from getting out into the world.

Can't you just imagine this tool when it comes to mass protests? Especially when things turn violent as they have in plenty of countries over the year. The primary way news is getting out is cell phone cameras and videos.

Wouldn't any freedom loving government just die to have access to a kill switch?

Somewhere out there is an atom without it's own IP address because we haven't fully rolled out IPv6! I demand no atom be left behind.