Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Cellphone Theft

  • Almost everyone knows someone who has had their cell phone stolen. And most likely, there wasnt much that person could do about it. Some mobile carriers and the U.S. government are now trying to change that.
  • (CNET News)
  • WASHINGTON -- Cellphone companies and the government are trying to make it as difficult to use a stolen cellphone as it is to sell a stolen car. U.S. Sen.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • The nation's largest wireless carriers agreed to help federal regulators and local law enforcement crack down on cellphone theft by creating a centralized database to identify stolen phones and render them useless.
  • (Washington Post)
  • WASHINGTON — The soaring popularity of smartphones has produced an unwelcome, if predictable, side effect: an epidemic of smartphone thefts.
  • (New York Times)
  • With high-value smartphones becoming commonplace among conusmers, law-enforcement officials have become increasingly vocal about cellphone theft in recent years. Cellphone-related robberies in Washington D.C.
  • (Apple Insider)
  • WASHINGTON -- Officials from the Federal Communications Commission and the wireless industry plan to join District of Columbia officials, New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • A 19-year-old Lebanon man has been sentenced to Lebanon County prison for stealing a cellphone from a 13-year-old boy. Judge Bradford H. Charles on Wednesday sentenced Coty J. Bleecker, 542 N. 11th St.
  • (Daily News)
  • The teen who took the cellphone admitted that he took it and told the victim he had sold it at a barbershop. The incident was reported Wednesday and when asked why he waited so long to report the theft, the victim told police his mother did not want him to call.
  • (Eagle-Tribune)
  • One possible workaround for thieves will include altering the IMEI, although the measure will help prevent most common theft. 3G and 4G tablets should also be covered as part of the plan.
  • (Electronista)
  • He saw two young men peering into his van, which was parked behind the apartment complex, and began filming the suspicious activity with his cellphone.
  • (Washington Times)

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