Agreement obliges manufacturers to include measures to discourage theft of laptops from July 2015 in the United States
Everyone seems to agree, it is imperative to stop the theft of phones which is steadily increasing in recent years. And it is technically impossible to prevent a person being robbed, there are ways to dissuade thieves and protect users against the theft of their personal data.
A historic agreement signed between major manufacturers and mobile operators in the United States to counter the theft of smartphones
For U.S. authorities, such protection should be systematic. An agreement has just been signed between several big names of mobility: Apple, Google, HTC, Huawei, Motorola, Microsoft, Nokia and Samsung. An agreement which also involved the five major U.S. mobile operators. He stated that from July 2015, all appliances sold in the United States must be equipped with anti-theft protection measures of this type, as well as a system to prevent a stolen smartpthone be reactivated by the thereafter, except if it is found.
This is the first time that so many manufacturers and operators agree on measures to protect users, even if some think they are not yet sufficiently dissuasive, including the fact that these options should be enabled by default on mobile devices.
Everyone seems to agree, it is imperative to stop the theft of phones which is steadily increasing in recent years. And it is technically impossible to prevent a person being robbed, there are ways to dissuade thieves and protect users against the theft of their personal data.
A historic agreement signed between major manufacturers and mobile operators in the United States to counter the theft of smartphones
For U.S. authorities, such protection should be systematic. An agreement has just been signed between several big names of mobility: Apple, Google, HTC, Huawei, Motorola, Microsoft, Nokia and Samsung. An agreement which also involved the five major U.S. mobile operators. He stated that from July 2015, all appliances sold in the United States must be equipped with anti-theft protection measures of this type, as well as a system to prevent a stolen smartpthone be reactivated by the thereafter, except if it is found.
This is the first time that so many manufacturers and operators agree on measures to protect users, even if some think they are not yet sufficiently dissuasive, including the fact that these options should be enabled by default on mobile devices.
