In the wake of overwhelming evidence that the kill switch Apple introduced in iOS 7 last year has reduced iPhone thefts, Google and Microsoft have agreed to follow suit.
SF District Attorney George Gascon and NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who have spearheaded the battle to implement smartphone kill switches, last week announced that the next versions of Android and Windows Phone will include a kill switch. Crimes related to iPhones — robberies, muggings and theft, often violent — were reaching epidemic proportions.
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Tide Turns in Favor of Crime-Fighting Smartphone Kill Switches
Posted by: Richard Adhikari June 23, 2014 12:06 PMIn the wake of overwhelming evidence that the kill switch Apple introduced in iOS 7 last year has reduced iPhone thefts, Google and Microsoft have agreed to follow suit.
SF District Attorney George Gascon and NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who have spearheaded the battle to implement smartphone kill switches, last week announced that the next versions of Android and Windows Phone will include a kill switch. Crimes related to iPhones — robberies, muggings and theft, often violent — were reaching epidemic proportions.