wraggster
February 11th, 2015, 20:09
http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/11/yay-for-smartphone-kill-switches/
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/06/smartphoneslaworder.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/11/yay-for-smartphone-kill-switches/)
See that shiny flagship phone dangling from the stranger's back pocket? You should think twice about trying to grab it, not only because it's a terrible thing to do, but also because it probably won't do you any good. By the time you've hot-footed it to the pawn shop to hawk your ill-gotten wares, it's increasingly likely that the phone will have been deactivated by a smartphone kill switch (http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/07/california-kill-switch-law/). The campaign, launched by San Francisco's George Gascón and Eric Schneiderman way back in 2013 (http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/13/save-our-smartphones-launch/) appears to have been a success, helping to remove the perils of tweeting on dark city streets
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/06/smartphoneslaworder.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/11/yay-for-smartphone-kill-switches/)
See that shiny flagship phone dangling from the stranger's back pocket? You should think twice about trying to grab it, not only because it's a terrible thing to do, but also because it probably won't do you any good. By the time you've hot-footed it to the pawn shop to hawk your ill-gotten wares, it's increasingly likely that the phone will have been deactivated by a smartphone kill switch (http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/07/california-kill-switch-law/). The campaign, launched by San Francisco's George Gascón and Eric Schneiderman way back in 2013 (http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/13/save-our-smartphones-launch/) appears to have been a success, helping to remove the perils of tweeting on dark city streets
.