Carriers reject kill switch for stolen smartphones

Tuesday, November 19, 2013 - 18:30 in Mathematics & Economics

San Francisco's top prosecutor says Samsung Electronics, the world's largest mobile phone manufacturer, has proposed making a "kill switch" that would render stolen or lost phones inoperable a standard feature, but the nation's biggest carriers have rejected the idea.

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