The world’s biggest smartphones makers all agree on at least one thing: it’s time to find a new way to protect the personal data on your device.
Apple, Google, Microsoft, and several others have decided to build an anti-theft tool into their smartphones that will help keep personal data out of other people’s hands, according to mobile industry trade group CTIA.
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The full list of gadget-makers involved — not to mention all the major wireless carriers — make this a game-changer if it indeed comes to pass. The CTIA said we can expect the anti-theft tool to start popping up in smartphones sometime in 2015.
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