Gah, so much misinformation. There is no "Kill switch" in Android, the Market App has permission to uninstall applications, it also receives push notifications

Gah, so much misinformation. There is no "Kill switch" in Android, the Market App has permission to uninstall applications, it also receives push notifications from market servers that can include instructions to uninstall an app. The Android market is _not_ part of the OS, if you build straight from AOSP you don't get the market app, no app no "kill switch"