http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/06/05/apple-samsung-ny-smartphone-thefts/
According to the Huffington Post, Schneiderman along with San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon question whether a current data-sharing arrangement between the four top U.S. wireless providers is enough.
Both men said “that thieves can get around it [the sharing of stolen phone info] by trafficking stolen phones overseas.”
If the phone has not yet been activated - it can be taken as close as Canada - SIM unlocked - and a GSM SIM placed in it. The change.org petition is good - because it reaches the Carriers that actually OWN the phones and the consumer purchases from. We have more skin in the game than the device OEMs have.
And the Carriers see theft at astronomical rates. That makes me wonder . . . Are they including from distribution fulfillment in that 1.6 million number? I don't think they are.
A bit disjointed this morning as its early still. But one more thought. This database that is proposed . . . I don't have a comfort level with that. One break and a person with malicious intent could take out every single handset. Never mind the the folks who are upset about the NSA as it is . . . They will flip a shit if a database like this is created.
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