[ NNSquad ] Police want ability to remotely shut down smartphones

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Police want ability to remotely shut down smartphones

http://j.mp/xwZOrC  (Washington Post)

   "Now, police in the Washington area and elsewhere are expressing their
    frustration in plain terms, publicly asking regulators and
    wireless-network operators to allow stolen devices to be shut down
    remotely through unique identification numbers within them."

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Hmm.  Reduce robberies, eh?  Perhaps.  Might there also be an interest
having a convenient way to kill phones in the event of civil unrest,
folks video recording police activity, and so on?  Just sayin' ...

--Lauren--
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