Cell Phone Kill Switch Mandatory in California

Stealing a smartphone in California will soon become futile business because owners will be able to remotely turn it into a useless junk. According to a new law passed Monday, all smartphones sold in that state after July 1, 2015, will have to be equipped with an active remote kill switch.  When applied by the authorized user the switch will lock the stolen or lost phone and wipe all data stored in its memory.  It will also make it impossible to reinstall a new operating...

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