“Convergence” its a buzzword used in the Technology industry to describe how many facets of our lives are moving to or “converging” on the internet, it would shock many people to find out how much of our society is now run and managed via the internet, and not just the obvious. It will not be that long until you will not be able to function in society without the internet, and when that happens it will become very easy to control people and one sure fire way to eliminate you from society will be to flip the “kill switch” on your access to the internet. and then . . . .
Revelation 13:16,17: “He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”
Janne Kytömäki, a Finnish software developer, was cruising Google’s (GOOG) Android Market for smartphone apps last year when he noticed something strange. Dozens of best-selling applications suddenly listed the same wrong publisher. It was as if Stephen King’s name had vanished from the covers of his books, replaced by an unknown author. Kytömäki realized the culprit was a piece of malware that was spreading quickly, and he posted his findings online.
Google responded swiftly. It flipped a little-known kill switch, reaching into more than 250,000 infected Android smartphones and forcibly removing the malicious code. “It was sort of unreal, watching something like that unfold,” says Kytömäki, who makes dice simulator apps. Kill switches are a standard part of most smartphones, tablets, and e-readers. Google, Apple (AAPL), and Amazon (AMZN) all have the ability to reach into devices to delete illicit content or edit code without users’ permission. It’s a powerful way to stop threats that spread quickly, but it’s also a privacy and security land mine.
With the rollout of the Windows 8 operating system expected later this year, millions of desktop and laptop PCs will get kill switches for the first time. Microsoft (MSFT) hasn’t spoken publicly about its reasons for including this capability in Windows 8 beyond a cryptic warning that it might be compelled to use it for legal or security reasons. The feature was publicized in a widely cited Computerworld article in December when Microsoft posted the terms of use for its new application store, a feature in Windows 8 that will allow users to download software from a Microsoft-controlled portal. Windows smartphones, like those of its competitors, have included kill switches for several years, though software deletion “is a last resort, and it’s uncommon,” says Todd Biggs, director of product management for Windows Phone Marketplace.
Microsoft declined to answer questions about the kill switch in Windows 8 other than to say it will only be able to remove or change applications downloaded through the new app store. Any software loaded from a flash drive, DVD, or directly from the Web will remain outside Microsoft’s control.
True Discernment 
If this is true, it might be a good idea to stay with the older operating system.
I don’t understand the implications……….?????
Can you elaborate more, what you are saying make NO SENSE~!!~
AT ALL!~!~!
I run Windows XP 2003, so how does this affect me?
Sooner or later ALL Christians will have drop off the planet, meaning we will not be able to participate in society anymore, we will need to “operate” outside of the electronic nightmare coming upon us soon, that I know, but Windows 8, what is the big deal? Please explain.
Donna,
Microsoft already has the capability to disable your windows sofware no matter the version, but for now they only do it if it is found through automatic updates that you have a pirated version of the software. So it is done on an individual basis and just for that sole reason, but in the future with Windows 8, they will have the ability to disable the software for single users or users en masse for whatever reason they choose. Which means you would not be able to access the internet
This issue only becomes critical for users of previous versions of Windows at such time that the vast majority of PC’s are on Windows 8 and Microsoft makes the decision to stop supporting previous versions and or previous versions are not capable of running software optimized for Windows 8 and later versions.
I do know that Windows 8 is optimized for smartphones, tablets, desk top PC’s & Laptops which means it is a whole different code set than previous versions, so there will unfortunately come a day that software will not run on windows versions prior to Windows 8 so it will force people off of older versions.
It’s really scary to think that the internet could be used for the mark of the beast through electronic money and electronic identification.
I have heard and read much about RDIF chips and how that could be used “as he causes both small and great…., and to this point I don’t know what to believe about it all.
The whole thing is crazy, there is cameras mounted in space that can read a car’s licence plates, and Google Earth is another monster in the sky….so who knows…!
Sorry I didn’t see the connection when I asked previously about microsoft’s new windows program.
It seems that everything that fallen man invents is somehow used for evil, or for the control of others.
“It seems that everything that fallen man invents is somehow used for evil, or for the control of others.” True enough. Satan has a way of corrupting anything good.
CATT, exactly, look at the advances in medicine, the many wonderful discoveries and treatments, along with the surgical interventions to save lives by the millions……….BUT this very thing is turned for evil>>> ABORTION.
They can operate on an unborn child to repair the open spinal column in spina bifida, and in one picture I seen, there was a tiny infant holding the thumb of the surgeon, the child was still in his mother’s womb, and the room down the hospital hallway there is a child being dismembered by an abortionist…..just sickening.
Every facet of life has this good and evil thing going on.
The internet is such a great tool to learn with, and I have educated myself in many matters, and then there is the creep down the street who is downloading pornography.
I thank God he rescued me from this world.