Met Police Chief Urges Tech Firms to Render Stolen Phones Unusable
The Metropolitan Police chief has called for new legislation to compel technology companies to implement features that would make stolen mobile phones completely unusable, aiming to deter phone theft by removing any value from stolen devices.
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Make stolen phones unusable, Met Police urges tech giants
Sir Mark Rowley has asked the home secretary to introduce legislation forcing companies to publish data on stolen devices.
Read full article →Met police chief calls for law to make stolen phones ‘unusable bricks’
Home secretary also urged to force tech firms into sharing data on stolen devices and if they are reactivated The Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, has asked the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, to force all phone companies to make stolen devices “unusable bricks” in order to make them harder to sell on and less desirable to steal. London is widely regarded as the phone-snatching capital of Europe, with between 200 and 300 devices stolen each day. The city accounts for up to ...
By Helena Horton
Read full article →Met Police chief calls for tech companies to be forced to make stolen phones ‘unusable bricks’
Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley is asking home secretary Shabana Mahmood to crack down on phone giants
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