Monday, June 17, 2013

Samsung ready to launch anti-theft features on smartphones


On Friday (14/6) local time, it is known that the representation of manufacturing smartphones from Apple and Samsung met with law enforcement agencies from New York and San Francisco.

During the meeting, discuss the associated rampant theft of smartphones in several countries, particularly the U.S., which many target devices from Apple and Samsung.

Quoted from Phone Arena (15/6), Samsung reportedly ready to add features that are used to reduce theft in all their smartphone devices.

The plan, next month the South Korean company will launch a feature called 'kill switch' which is used to reduce the number of smartphone theft is rampant.

These features will work when the smartphone is stolen, and the owner can turn off these devices remotely. By doing so, the stolen smartphones will total dead and can not be operated at all, except if the owner revive.

Actually, this step is already eagerly awaited by law enforcement officials from New York and San Francisco, the article rampant theft of a cell phone these days happens almost every day. With this feature, smartphone theft rate is expected to be reduced drastically.
 
Sources:
http://www.merdeka.com/teknologi/samsung-siap-luncurkan-fitur-anti-pencurian-pada-smartphone.html

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