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First smartphone ‘kill switch’ law signed in Minnesota

15

May

2014

On July 1st, 2015, it will be illegal to sell a smartphone in Minnesota without antitheft software preinstalled. Thats because Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton just signed the first so-called \kill switch\ bill into law. The idea is that if smartphone owners can always remotely disable and wipe their phones after theyre stolen, it will deter criminals […]

Category CA Technologies Tech Written by The Verge 0 Comments

California’s smartphone kill switch bill passes a second senate vote

09

May

2014

Perseverance pays off, it seems. Just weeks after Californias senate shot down a bill that would require a remote kill switch feature on smartphones, the legislature has passed an amended version of the same would-be law. Senate critics dropped their opposition after changes were made to both give companies more time to implement the technology […]

Category CA Technologies Tech Written by Engadget 0 Comments

The Galaxy S5 has a built-in kill switch that can brick the phone if it’s stolen

11

Apr

2014

There are plenty of terrific new features in Samsung’s soon-to-be-released Galaxy S5 but the one that’s gone unheralded is a built-in kill switch that you can use to make the phone completely shut down in the event that it’s stolen. ZDNet Korea reports that once the Galaxy S5 is reported as stolen, it “will automatically […]

Category CA Technologies Tech Written by Yahoo 0 Comments

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