Smartphone industry commits to antitheft measures amid calls for 'kill switch'(cnet.com)

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Smartphone industry commits to antitheft measures amid calls for 'kill switch'

http://www.cnet.com/news/smartphone-industry-commits-to-anti-theft-measures-amid-calls-for-kill-switch/

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On two conditions.

1) It can only be initiated by the owner of the phone, there should never be any means by which a government official can get the legal authority to kill a device. Yeah I know, but what about bombs?

2) It must be able to be overridden by entering a code on the device. As in, if the kill order is submitted the device alerts and gives a short time to enter the pass code. This prevents the possibility of rule #1 being violated now or at a later date.