There was mayhem everywhere when people knew of the Apple iPhone’s alleged kill switch. This allows Apple to remotely delete malicious or inappropriate applications on the iPhone. And that just won’t stand with most people.

Well, as it turns out, Google’s open-source Android comes with a similar feature, as reported by Computerworld. In its article, it is mentioned that Google expressly says that it might remotely remove an application from user phones. 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
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