Kill Switch
The Ministry responsible of the technology in South Korea made ??contact with officials from Samsung and LG to launch a remote disable feature that allows smartphones and tablets in case they were stolen.
According to the security forces of that country, theft of smartphones grew by 457% over 2009. Many of those phones just trying to be sold in the U.S. or Europe, but this technology built into the firmware of the device, would make it impossible for resale and reuse.
Pantech a South Korean manufacturer of smartphones and tablets somewhat less known, and such a feature integrated in your device Vega 6, while the model Vega LTE-A (LTE Advanced support) also integrates a fingerprint sensor. '
However, a spokesman for the company said that for now these advanced security functions are not too familiar to users, and expect that "the government to improve the public awareness of these measures." Apple is expected to also integrate fingerprint sensor print on the imminent iPhone 5S.
Some time ago there are various remote localization systems and even a mobile device data deletion, but this feature completely unusable to remotely and mobile would be an option of interest to users.
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