U.S. Senator: Cellphone ‘Kill Switch’ Fears Are Baseless

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/6K1oSHEJJeA" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Mikulski Says Cellphone ‘Kill Switch’ Fears Baseless, ‘Conspiratorial’ -- US News and World Report</b></span></div><br />‘Reasons are being invented’ to stop new technology mandate, senator says.<br /><br />Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., tells U.S. News there’s no reason to fear legislation that would force cellphone makers to incorporate a “kill switch” in devices, allowing stolen or lost phones to be remotely disabled and wiped of personal information.<br /><br />Mikulski and three Senate colleagues, all Democrats, introduced The Smartphone Theft Prevention Act on Feb. 12, proposing that the technology be mandatory for new smartphones. The senators, led by Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, cited the Federal Communications Commission’s estimate that phone theft costs consumers $30 billion annually.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/02/21/mikulski-says-cellphone-kill-switch-fears-baseless-conspiratorial">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment: </b>I cannot help it .... but when it comes to government promises .... especially from this White House and Congress .... I am always skeptical.

U.S. Senator: Cellphone ‘Kill Switch’ Fears Are Baseless

Mikulski Says Cellphone ‘Kill Switch’ Fears Baseless, ‘Conspiratorial’ -- US News and World Report‘Reasons are being invented’ to stop new technology mandate, senator says.Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., tells U.S. News there’s no reason to fear legisl…

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