To protect smartphone owners from theft of their mobile devices, manufacturers and software developers have come up with the death switch (Kill Switch). In case your phone is stolen thanks to this feature, the user can delete all data or block device, making criminals prey useless.
Microsoft and Google have been allowed the Attorney General of New York to add the function switch in the next version of Windows Phone and Android. This means that in the near future almost every smartphone will be protected from being stolen in this way.
As the main argument of supporters mechanism Kill Switch is the experience of Apple, which has implemented such a feature in last year's smartphone iPhone. According to the report of the prosecutor, only in New York, the number of thefts of Apple products then decreased by 19%. Interestingly, the thieves seem to have switched to Samsung smartphones without protective function . Statistics on the other major cities, in general, shows the same picture.