California passed a law on mandatory functions of emergency blocking smartphones

In the United States for some time addressed the issue of protection of smartphone users in the event of loss or theft of their mobile gadgets. 

Back in February, at the federal level, a law was passed preventing theft Smartphone Smartphone Theft Prevention Act. According to him, all smartphones sold in the United States must be equipped with a free function «kill switch». With the help of the owner of a stolen or lost device will be able to block it and deprive scams any opportunity to use it. 

In California, Gov. Jerry Brown has even officially adopted the bill, due to come into force in July 2015. Now, without exception smartphones sold in California must be fitted with an emergency remote shutdown «kill switch». 

California bill was submitted to the senator from San Francisco, Mark Leno, also in February. It is through this law is scheduled to fight against frequent thefts now such popular among smartphone users. Other states are also considering similar initiatives, but it is in California for the first time the responsibility lies with the manufacturers of mobile devices. 

One of which fall under the law of smartphones, of course, would be the iPhone. While Apple has long realized the remote locking mechanism through the company's smartphone service Find My Phone. In addition, you can track the location on the map, send him a message (for example, with the phone number to which you can call the owner of the lost iPhone), or to destroy all data. In turn, the function Activation Lock does not allow an attacker to romp with the protocol of Find My Phone. Without the presence of your Apple ID and password of smartphone owners will be useless, even if it is to try to flash through mode DFU. 

Industry smartphone also offers its own measures to protect mobile user devices from intruders and thieves. Association of manufacturers of cellular calls for support of the "Voluntary Commitments of overhead smartphone from theft." In April of this year, Apple has already signed these obligations. And companies such as Google, HTC, Huawei, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia (http://www.iphones.ru/iNotes/346875), Samsung and five mobile operators in the United States expressed their support for this initiative.