Sentences with phrase «phone theft»

It ultimately provides an extra level of security in the case of phone theft or loss, and who couldn't use that?

First of all, in the grand scheme of things, it's just protecting you from phone theft.

To curb mobile phone theft Google and Microsoft may soon add a kill switch on to their respective mobile operating systems (Android and Windows Phone OS).

Similarly, San Francisco reported a 38 % decrease, and London saw a 24 % decrease in phone theft.

«We stand with District Attorney George Gascón and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and urge the phone industry to take accountability for the rise in smart phone theft all across the country,» said

«We stand with District Attorney George Gascón and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and urge the phone industry to take accountability for the rise in smart phone theft all across the country,» said Charles Ramsey, President of the Major Cities Chiefs Association and Police Chief of Philadelphia.

Although juice jacking isn't as widespread a threat as outright phone theft or exposure to malicious viruses via compromised downloads, you should still take common sense precautions to avoid exposure to systems that may malicious access your personal devices.

Google and Microsoft have promised they'll be adding iPhone - like «kill switches» in future versions of Android and Windows Phone to deter phone theft.

Unfortunately, this is an all too common occurrence, with 68 percent of victims unable to recover their device, and 44 percent of phone theft victims accidentally leaving their device behind in public settings.

It looks like the Police in the UK are getting proactive in the war against mobile phone theft and are actively promoting users to download theft prevention and tracking apps such as BlackBerry Protect to their devices.

Mobile phone theft is set to get less attractive to criminals, the home secretary John Reid predicted today.

Centred on a charming, imprudent gallery director (Claes Bang), it's a series of encounters both absurd and sobering: a phone theft that borders on performance art; an ape impersonator who gets too method; an awkward tryst with a journo (Elisabeth Moss).

Old Man's in particular, while sedate during the day, is a heaving and messy beach bar come the evening (watch your gear — phone theft is a problem).

Murders and kidnappings are almost always going to take priority for police resources over stolen phones, particularly if investigating the phone theft may require international cooperation that makes the investigation more costly.

But what do you do if you fall victim to phone theft?