| Home : June 19 2014 Computer News : As iPhone thefts drop, Google and Microsoft plan kill switches on smartphones |
|
As iPhone thefts drop, Google and Microsoft plan kill switches on smartphones |
June 19, 2014
Responding to more than a year of pressure, Google and Microsoft will follow Apple in adding an anti-theft “kill switch” to their smartphone operating systems, U.S. law enforcement officials will announce later Thursday.
The commitment will be disclosed alongside new data that shows a dramatic drop in theft of Apple iPhones and iPads after the September 2013 introduction of iOS 7, which included a kill-switch function that allows stolen devices to be remotely locked and deleted so they become useless.
Law enforcement officials credit iOS 7’s Activation Lock feature for a drop in iPhone thefts.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2365500/as-iphone-thefts-drop-google-and-microsoft-plan-kill-switches-on-smartphones.html#tk.rss_all
|
|
|
|
|
