Philosophy Wire: The Virus, Android and the mania of control

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-03-04]: Google, with the help of a user, discovered that many applications developed for the Android operating system were infected with virus from a malicious hacker. The company immediately withdrew the applications from the Android Store. But it did not stop there and went a "little further", disabling the malicious applications that were already installed in mobile phones with Android! [source: web news] To do this, it used a function that was initially designed to fight viruses off. It is nice to be you who is in control. But who wants to *be* under control? How do you feel when a company can do whatever it wants on your mobile phone and install/uninstall applications at will? And vice versa, why do you feel good when you "control" something? Where has that mania of "control" come from...?

Articles for further readingOne can read in the "The Dark Side of Technology" article for more on the... (guess what) dark side of technology and our "control-mania"...!!!

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