One Laptop Per Child Has Remote Kill Switch

At the end of the latest Reuters puff piece on the devices, someone involved in the project notes that to keep these devices off the black market, the devices can be remotely shut down by project organizers. That seems both pointless and silly. If the recipients of the devices find that they can be better off selling such a device for food or shelter, why shouldn’t they?

When I first heard of the OLPC project, I thought it was great. Fast forward to today though, and I don’t think anyone knows of it’s future. The project as a whole doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. Then with news like this.. it’s going to be hard to continue shedding good light on this project.

Source: Tech Dirt