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Originally Posted by badbob001
But who is the administrator of this reader? I bet out of the box, you will not find any information about this remote wipe feature and will have no access to it. Are they talking about a special business version of this reader or the one and only version of it? I would not be surprised if the 'administrators' are the book vendors. Certainly microsoft has not provided means for me to remotely wipe my own windows mobile phone if I lose it.
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Yes, you sure can do that with windows mobile, I think it started with WM 6.0. Even for older versions there were add-on programs that offer this functionality. You send an SMS with a special code. With a phone it is impossible for the vendor to wipe your device (they don't even know your phone number! -- unless you are buying it locked with a contract), with the IRex reader it would theoretically be possible for them, if you are using their 3G connectivity they can always locate you. I, personally am waiting for a device with WiFi, but that is because I don't live in the US.
By the way, I am sure that even Sony could, theoretically wipe their buyers devices remotely if you use their software. The device could be programmed to send back an identifier to the server every time you sync it. If you are paranoid, use Calibre to transfer files and backup remotely. Then you are safe no matter what happens.
Anyway, businesses want to make sure the information on these devices does not get into the wrong hands, so if you want to sell to businesses, you need to have this feature. Why not have an on/off switch that disables this feature if the user chooses to do so. Or you can set password protection.
The iphone has the infamous kill-switch (apple can delete any app from your device any time you sync), too. You need to jailbreak it to turn it off.