California Law to Require Antitheft Technology in Cellphones
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California Law to Require Antitheft Technology in Cellphones
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Re: California Law to Require Antitheft Technology in Cellphones
#2This seems like a bad idea.
* Why won't someone will figure out how to trigger the phone kill switch and start wandering round SF killing people's phones at will?
* Why won't the state/NSA/whoever kill the phones of its enemies (diplomats, foreign business people, "subversives")?
* and so on.
Re: California Law to Require Antitheft Technology in Cellphones
#3Nice, a kill switch in every phone. When there’s a big demonstration/revolution we’re just gonna kill all the phones out there with a simple data packet.
Re: California Law to Require Antitheft Technology in Cellphones
#4If carriers and oems can't prevent rooting or custom roms, why would they be able to prevent unauthorized locking of phones?
There are bad ideas, and then there ideas that only a legislator would advocate.
Re: California Law to Require Antitheft Technology in Cellphones
#5This seems like a bad idea. * Why won't someone will figure out how to trigger the phone kill switch and start wandering round SF killing people's phones at will? * Why won't the state/NSA/whoever kill the phones of its enemies (diplomats, foreign business people, "subversives")? * and so on.
If this such a risk, Why hasn't this happened yet? Corporate phones all have remote kill switches, and are high value targets of harassment.
Re: California Law to Require Antitheft Technology in Cellphones
#6Don't forget batteries. They're very valuable to thieves too. Maybe the killswitch can make them explode.
Re: California Law to Require Antitheft Technology in Cellphones
#7"We're from the government, and we're here to help."
Re: California Law to Require Antitheft Technology in Cellphones
#8I have an idea, how about the government stay the hell away from my smartphone and let the free market decide what smartphones are theft-safe and which are not?
This is why computer science should be a required subject going forward, only individuals good at programming will be able to resist the tendrils, malware, viruses and government backdoor trojans trying to get inside us and instruct us what actions to perform today to fill other mens pockets with wealth whom we don't even know or care about.
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#9Once there's a device kill switch in place, it will be available for anyone with a court order. Think RIAA, MPAA... organizations that support DRM must love this idea.
Re: California Law to Require Antitheft Technology in Cellphones
#10Reminds me of FEMA requiring carriers to install a chip for emergency messages (PLAN = Personal Localized Alerting Network). [1]
Governments seem increasingly interested in accessing and controlling our phones.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Localized_Alerting_Net...