Initiative Hopes to Increase Security To Smartphones

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon announced Thursday that the “Secure Our Smartphone “ (S.O.S) initiative is bringing state and federal security experts together to test the new smartphone security features recently introduced by Apple and Samsung.

A new anti-theft iPhone security feature known as “Activation Lock” and Samsung Galaxy 4 with a similar security measure know as LoJack for Android smartphones. The technology will automatically deactivate the phones when stolen making them worthless.

The new devices will hopefully cut down smartphone thefts which now occur at a rate of 113 per minute. The free new feature is hoped to be on every smartphone introduced to the market by next year.