Democrat Senators Introduce Bill to Mandate Cellphone "Kill Switches"

For lost or stolen phones, they say

Four Democratic senators -- Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Barbara Mikulski (Md.), Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) and Mazie Hirono (Hawaii) -- on Thursday introduced a bill that would make it possible to remotely wipe every cellphone in America --  in an effort to curb smartphone theft.

Proponents of a kill switch argue that if every phone can be remotely rendered useless, there will be no motivation to steal them. Apple has actually already implemented a kill-switch like feature on its iPhones, as of the iOS 7.  Samsung has also said it's working on a similar feature.

Comments

[mad.casual]

Wow, so much for the freedom of owning a cell phone that works. I feel much more secure knowing it won't be stolen.

[Sevo]

Yep, the damn things are too cheap. This'll go a long ways to solving that problem.

[Mock-star]

At least there is absolutely no way that this could ever be abused.