Google Catching Up With Phone Kill Switch

In the words of Professor Farnsworth, “Good news everyone!” But unlike Farnsworth’s catch phrase, which usually portends disaster for his crew in “Futurama,” this really is good news. The latest version of Android, which starts rolling out this week, contains a long-awaited “kill switch” that makes it impossible to restore a stolen smartphone to its original state (so it can be sold on the black market). Law enforcement agencies have been clamoring for a kill switch to stem phone thefts, which have gotten out of hand (get it?). The only bone worth picking with Google is its decision not to enable Factory Reset Protection by default (at least in the final prerelease version of Lollipop). [...] you could connect your phone to your computer with a USB cord as if it were a camera, and when Windows prompts you, import the photos from the phone. PhotoTrans, a $30 program from iMobie (www.imobie.com), lets you transfer photos between an iPhone and a PC or Mac without having to use iTunes. Or consider Photo Transfer App, a $3 iPhone app from the Apple store that can transfer photos wirelessly over your home network. Why use a short URL? Because the recipient’s e-mail program may not be able to display maps in e-mail messages — in which case, the URL is all they will see.

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