The Windows 8 Kill Switch: A Hacker's Dream Come True

Windows 8 will have a kill switch, allowing Microsoft to remotely delete apps. Let the hacking begin!
By John C. Dvorak

PG Magazine
Mar. 02, 2012

The more I read, the more I wonder how so many people can miss the real danger this poses to the average user. I immediately ask, what happens if a hacker cracks the mechanism and can write some malicious code to brick millions of computers? Or worse, with all the already infected machines we know exist, what if their Trojan Horse overlords simply call up the bricking code to hide their tracks?

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