Authorities today, tomorrow?
>Why would authorities need a kill-switch in your mobile?
For now its just authorities. And yes, sure, they could kill a tower or network and do everyone en masse (which isnt the same thing at all as targeting an individual phone).
But if this capability exists, how long before...
- lobbying from MPAA lets them force a shut down on a phone with 'stolen' content on it?
- it becomes standard practice to kill the phone of a *suspected criminal?
- overdue bill payments force a mandatory phone shut down from the network?
- etc.
When you buy something you should own it for good, and not have its future existence at the mercy of every legislators whim or corporate overreach.