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A comment on California “Kill Switch” Bill Could Be Used to Disrupt Protests. Parent comment

Re:California “Kill Switch” Bill Could Be Used to Disrupt Pr... by anigbrowl on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @03:55PM (#8199427)
Also, the bill requires that owners of the phone be able to disable the kill-switch functionality at any time if they want. So anyone heading to a protest or other activity there they anticipate police interference can immunize themselves against such service interruption if they are so inclined.
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Re:California “Kill Switch” Bill Could Be Used to Disrupt Pr... by cag_ii on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @05:09PM (#8199838)
This is a very important point. Also, the limited scope of the "essential features" which are disabled.
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