[GRLUG] kill switches

[John Harig]

After reading about kill switches on iphones now google seems to have one as well, and this article tries to explains why it is a good thing:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/152383/why_androids_kill_switch_is_a_good_thing.html

Are kill switches a good thing? If android is open-source, does that mean you can clearly see how the kill-switch works? 

Im a little wary of kill switches being installed on my personal devices.  At least google openly admitted it . . . but should it even be there in the first place?