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Activation Lock was introduced in September 2013. The bill (not law) you reference was first referred to the House five months later, but as far as I can tell

Activation Lock was introduced in September 2013. The bill (not law) you reference was first referred to the House five months later, but as far as I can tell was never passed in the Senate. Unless you’re arguing the mere existence of a bill caused phone theft to drop precipitously, I think the argument stands that credit is due to Activation Lock (or whatever the equivalent is for Android, about which I am ignorant).

shakna 9y ago
> Activation Lock (or whatever the equivalent is for Android, about which I am ignorant). That's a different argument. One technology by one company, or the existence of a remote kill switch? Android's ADM gained that ability in October 2013. > The bill (not law) you reference was first referred to the House five months later, but as far as I can tell was never passed in the Senate. Some states have implemented it, however [0], and the bill is still going back and forth federally. [1] THe upshot being phones manufactured in California have required a remote kill switch since 2013. The mere existence of that law should cast doubt on the claim: > Activation lock caused something like a sustained 50% drop in phone thefts the year it was implemented. [0] https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB962 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml... [1] https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5834 https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5834