The thing is that this "kill switch" would be controlled by the phone carriers...and, consequently, the government.
My thoughts exactly! With the flip of a switch, no more pesky citizen journalists taking those embarrassing pictures of government overreach.
Question is, is this feature a one way street? Or can it be reversed or even timed out? I’m picturing a protest or demonstration... The on scene commander realizes he and his troops are going to have to get physical to break this up. It is going to get ugly. But the controlling elite don’t want any pesky and inconvenient pictures and video showing up on the news. He signals one of his men. That support troop slowly pans a megaphone like device across the restless and unruly crowd. All smartphones in that crowd are now bricked, completely disabled. Maybe they auto reactivate after 24 hours. Maybe you have to go to the police, who will cite you for disturbing the peace and unlawful assembly before activating your phone. In effect they are holding your other pictures, emails, and contacts hostage...
We have a winner here folks. No more entries please.
They are doing this to increase their power, not yours.