Smartphone thefts plummet after kill-switch introduction<article>
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The number of thefts and robberies of smartphones, particularly iPhones, is on the fall in New York, London and San Francisco, according to data to be released Wednesday.</p><p>
Law enforcement officials, who have been at the forefront of demands to include a “kill switch” in all smartphones, hailed the news as proof that the technology is working as a deterrent.</p><p>
In San Francisco, overall robberies and thefts dropped 22 percent from 2013 to 2014, but those involving smartphones were down 27 percent. Thefts and robberies of iPhones fell 40 percent. In New York, smartphone theft dropped 16 percent overall with iPhone figures down 25 percent. And London saw smartphone thefts from persons drop 40 percent in a year.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2882892/drop-in-smartphone-thefts-after-killswitch-introduction.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Smartphone thefts plummet after kill-switch introduction
