New Federal Bill Wants All Phone Makers To Include A ‘Kill Switch’

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New Federal Bill Wants All Phone Makers To Include A ‘Kill Switch’

Four Democratic senators have proposed a federal law that would require all smartphone manufacturers to include a mandatory “kill switch” for their devices in the event that they are stolen. The bill would give users the ability to remote wipe<span class="ellipsis">…</span><div class="read-more">Read more ›</div><!-- end of .read-more --><img width='1' height='1' src='http://cultofmac.com.feedsportal.com/c/33797/f/606249/s/371fc61c/sc/1/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cultofmac.com%2F266571%2Fnew-federal-bill-wants-all-phone-makers-to-include-a-kill-switch%2F&t=New+Federal+Bill+Wants+All+Phone+Makers+To+Include+A+%E2%80%98Kill+Switch%E2%80%99" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" />[/url]&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cultofmac.com%2F266571%2Fnew-federal-bill-wants-all-phone-makers-to-include-a-kill-switch%2F&t=New+Federal+Bill+Wants+All+Phone+Makers+To+Include+A+%E2%80%98Kill+Switch%E2%80%99" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" />[/url]&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cultofmac.com%2F266571%2Fnew-federal-bill-wants-all-phone-makers-to-include-a-kill-switch%2F&t=New+Federal+Bill+Wants+All+Phone+Makers+To+Include+A+%E2%80%98Kill+Switch%E2%80%99" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" />[/url]&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cultofmac.com%2F266571%2Fnew-federal-bill-wants-all-phone-makers-to-include-a-kill-switch%2F&t=New+Federal+Bill+Wants+All+Phone+Makers+To+Include+A+%E2%80%98Kill+Switch%E2%80%99" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" />[/url]&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cultofmac.com%2F266571%2Fnew-federal-bill-wants-all-phone-makers-to-include-a-kill-switch%2F&t=New+Federal+Bill+Wants+All+Phone+Makers+To+Include+A+%E2%80%98Kill+Switch%E2%80%99" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" />[/url]</td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~4/z_nN4mDF_8Y" height="1" width="1"/>

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