“The introduction of kill switches has clearly had an effect on the conduct of smartphone thieves,” said Schneiderman in an interview with the New York Times. “If these can be canceled like the equivalent of canceling a credit card, these are going to be the equivalent of stealing a paperweight.”
Measuring the six months before and after the release of Activation Lock, San Francisco police officers said that iPhone robberies fell 38 percent. Over the same period, London-based iPhone robberies dropped 24 percent.
Within the first five months of 2014, Apple-related robberies dropped 19 percent from the same period in 2013."
Where is stupid ugly plasticky Samsung on this???
They cannot, or do not need to implement anything like this, cos who in their right minds gonna steal a worthless fugly brick like an S5?? lol.
http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/19/apples-activation-lock-brings-down-iphone-theft-in-major-cities/
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