Google and Microsoft roll out anti-theft kill switch
 

Google and Microsoft will follow Apple in adding an anti-theft "kill switch" to their smartphone operating systems.

The move follows the news that there had been a dramatic drop in theft of Apple iPhones and iPads after the September 2013 introduction of iOS 7, which included a kill-switch function that allows stolen devices to be remotely locked and deleted so they become useless.

In New York, iPhone theft was down 19 percent in the first five months of this year, which is almost double the 10 percent drop in overall robberies seen in the city. Over the same period, thefts of Samsung devices rose by over 40 percent.

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