Proposed law could end smartphone and tablet theft once and for all

[Brad Reed]

We know that thieves have been increasingly targeting people's smartphones and tablets for theft in recent years and the problem has gotten so bad that the New York City Police Department says that iPhone and iPad thefts alone accounted for 18% of all grand larcenies in the city last year. IDG News, via Network World, reports that legislators in California have written a bill that would require any smartphone or tablet sold in the state to come equipped with a "kill switch" that would brick the devices in the event that they're stolen.

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