[LINK] US Gov: making a panic button app

[Jan Whitaker]

At 08:34 AM 1/04/2011, Ivan Trundle you wrote:
>I'm simply curious how the word 'panic' crept into the conversation. 
>The ability to remote-wipe a phone's data (which is already possible 
>either invoked by the owner of the phone or others) has been around 
>for a while.

It's not a bad idea for phone recycling. That's part of the issue: 
tossed phones. Most people don't realise there is internal memory as 
well as SIM card memory (not sure how it works on phones that use 
apps, don't have one). I think it's reasonable to want to wipe the 
memory, especially if it gets stolen, and as Ivan says, there is a 
back-up to reinstate it if you get it back or get a replacement. As 
for the risk involved that Roger stated, who knows?

Jan



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