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Smartphone Kill Switch Bill Heads to State Assembly

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Legislation requiring smartphones sold in California be equipped with a kill switch heads to a committee in the state Assembly Monday. Last week, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon announced that Google and Microsoft will add kill switches to the next versions of their cell phone operating systems. The switch allows users to make a stolen phone inoperable and erase data held on the phone.

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