California Sen. Mark Leno on Friday introduced a bill in the legislature that would require all smartphones and devices sold in the state to have a kill switch starting Jan. 1, 2015. Senate Bill 962 comes against a backdrop of rising smartphone theft. It is now the leading property crime in the U.S., accounting for one third of all robberies nationwide; it accounts for 75 percent of robberies in Oakland and 50 percent in San Francisco. Some of the robberies have been violent, even resulting in victims’ deaths.
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California Kill Switch Bill Tackles Smartphone Theft
Posted by: Richard Adhikari February 7, 2014 02:39 PMCalifornia Sen. Mark Leno on Friday introduced a bill in the legislature that would require all smartphones and devices sold in the state to have a kill switch starting Jan. 1, 2015. Senate Bill 962 comes against a backdrop of rising smartphone theft. It is now the leading property crime in the U.S., accounting for one third of all robberies nationwide; it accounts for 75 percent of robberies in Oakland and 50 percent in San Francisco. Some of the robberies have been violent, even resulting in victims’ deaths.