Carriers Reject a ‘Kill Switch’ For Preventing Cellphone Theft by BRIAN X. CHEN


By BRIAN X. CHEN

Lawmakers in San Francisco and New York are pushing cellphone makers to adopt a so-called kill switch that would allow users to deactivate a phone after it had been stolen. But the cellphone carriers are not on board.

Published: November 19, 2013 at 12:00AM

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