http://www.macrumors.com/2014/08/25/california-kill-switch-law/
I'm glad this is happening! I'm hoping that this is adopted by the other states (or that there's a federal version of this law). There are many non-U.S. countries that have laws that protect their citizens' privacy (a stolen phone will put your private information at risk). The U.S. always falls behind the curve where citizen privacy is concerned, it seems.
As you know, my wife lost track of her phone and someone stole it. I'm not sure if the phone's deactivation signal was ever applied (the phone was powered down by the thief before I could have the carrier deactivate the phone...the carrier never got an indication that the phone was ever powered back up...I deactivated it so that when the phone came back online, it would receive the deactivation signal but the phone never came back online). In addition to the fact that someone stole a $500 (retail) phone, we had private data spillage to worry about. Also, there were complications on getting a new replacement phone. We learned some valuable lessons, but still, a stolen phone is no joke and can put you at risk for not only stolen private data, but people could possibly use the information on your phone to open lines of credit. That's not good.
I'll be awaiting to see how this pans out for the nation.
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