It ’s official : every cellphone sold in California will now have to admit a remote disabling alternative that lets you render a stolen gimmick unuseable . More importantly , this antitheft protection bar will have to come enabled by default .
California is not the first state to go a kill switch bill . Minnesotabeatthe lucky state to that . But the law of nature there does not demand the kill switch feature article to be turned on by default , an important note .
The good for all of us is that very short will change . Most major smartphone makerssupport the ideaand already have some form of anti - theft measure in place on their gadget . Andstudies showthat smartphone kill switches do reduce theft by acting as deterrents against thieves . [ Governor of California ]
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