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Potential for Abuse Stalls Cellphone Kill Switch Debate

2013-11-26 18:49:05| TechNewsWorld

Law enforcement officials and mobile phone makers last week knocked heads with wireless carriers over planting "kill switches" in smartphones. Led by San Francisco's DA and New York's AG, law enforcement wants smartphones to contain firmware that allows a consumer to "brick" a mobile that's lost or stolen. The largest mobile phone maker in the world, Samsung, is on board with the program.

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Sinopec Oil Pipeline Blast, Fire Kill 35 People Eastern China

2013-11-23 06:01:25| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

An explosion and fire yesterday at a pipeline belonging to China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Asia's largest refiner, killed at least 35 people and leaked oil into the sea in the nation's deadliest spillage since at least 2005.

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Mobile carriers slammed for rejecting smartphone 'kill switch'

2013-11-21 14:12:11| InfoWorld: Top News

Law enforcement officials trying to rein in violent smartphone theft have criticized cellular operators who they say rejected a solution that would help address the problem. "It is highly disturbing that these corporations rejected a proposal that would have helped keep millions of consumers safe," San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón and New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said in a joint statement Wednesday.

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US Carriers Nix Samsung's Smartphone Kill Switch

2013-11-20 22:55:53| TechNewsWorld

U.S. wireless carriers have rejected Samsung's proposal to preload theft deterrent software on its phones, said San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón. Samsung wanted to preload Lojack for Android, which could brick phones and thus eliminate their value in the secondary market, "but only if it was made standard on all devices," Gascón continued.

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