The American state of California passed legislation aimed at compulsory implementation of an anti-theft technology in smartphones this week. According to ABC, the inclusion of this mechanism will be the responsibility of the manufacturers and should be implemented as early as next year.
It’s called ‘Kill Switch’ technology and is a long studied and crafted by leading technology brands. Recently, Google and Microsoft teamed up to create this ‘button of death’, but now it seems that all devices will be required to have it.
At least, tells the ABC, is what happen in California next year. This American state passed a law aimed at implementing a mandatory anti-theft technology in smartphones. And it is up to manufacturers to include this mechanism.
The purpose of this legislation passes to leave the smartphone inoperable in the event of theft or loss, since it is in a lot of mobile devices keeps us part of your day-to -day, attaching files, personal information and banking.
The law of ‘Kill Switch’, approved by the Governor of California, Jerry Brown, says that smartphones sold from July 2015 should incorporate one specific software or hardware that can be activated remotely when a user or you lose your phone is stolen, as already happens with that proposed by Apple to ‘Find My iPhone’ model.
With this mechanism, only the smartphone user can replace the active equipment.
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