Met Commissioner Proposes Smartphone Kill Switch
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner has publicly called for big tech firms to develop a smartphone kill switch. This feature would allow a device to be turned off via a joint request from the police and the registered owner.
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Sources · 7 independent
BBC Radio 4
“The Met Commissioner has made this call publicly but he's still on hold. One phone every eight minutes is snatched in the capital making headlines all over the world.”
BBC Radio 4
“Could they develop a kill switch where a request from police and the registered owner together can turn the device off? The Met Commissioner has made this call publicly.”
WTOP Washington DC
“Your phone's AI can actually sense a snatch and run and locks itself the moment it leaves your hand.”
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