Watch Out Phone Thieves

300,000 mobile phones are stolen every year in Britain. A new feature known as the ‘kill switch’ is being added to Google and Microsoft Window phones. When peoples’ phones have been stolen the owner sends a signal to their phone which makes it stop working. Apple and Samsung have a similar feature on their devices.

However thieves may be able to still use these phones. The kill switch only works when the phone is on so the thieves might kill the kill switch when it is off.