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veggibles@lemmy.wtf to World News@quokk.au · 15 hours ago

Make stolen phones unusable, London's Met Police urges tech giants

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Make stolen phones unusable, London's Met Police urges tech giants

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veggibles@lemmy.wtf to World News@quokk.au · 15 hours ago
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Sir Mark Rowley has asked the home secretary to introduce legislation forcing companies to publish data on stolen devices.
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  • CubitOom@infosec.pub
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    Government asks for kill switches to be installed on privately owned devices.

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    Yup, another great excuse to deny us right-to-repair, lock down hardware and create more e-waste. There must be better ways to prevent the snatching in the first place.

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      Its super easy to do this and still preserve repairability. Just make the lock opt in and configured by the user with a password. But realistically they won’t do that and just disable resetting without some sort of online connection to the company.

    • Ricky Rigatoni@piefed.zip
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      Ban motorcycles since it looks like only criminals use them these days.

      • Technoworcester@feddit.uk
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        Quite happy with my bike thanks and not a crim. Why punish me for my choice of transport? I take up a lot less space than a car.

        • rollin@piefed.social
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          Think you missed a joke old boy

          • Technoworcester@feddit.uk
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            I’d blame being tired but it’s more likely I’m an idiot… :p

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        isn’t it illegal to be two on a motocycle in some countries? (Colombia maybe?)

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          TF did I just read? Is that for real?

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