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4 Lincoln Mem'l U. L. Rev. 30 (2016-2017)
Could Kill Switches Kill Phone Theft: Surveying Potential Solutions for Smartphone Theft

handle is hein.journals/lmulr4 and id is 30 raw text is: LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW VOLUME 4 FALL 2016 ISSUE 1 COULD KILL SWITCHES KILL PHONE THEFT? SURVEYING POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS FOR SMARTPHONE THEFT Matt Rietfors & Vikram lyengarl Stanford Law School INTRODUCTION In 2013, 3.1 million Americans were victimized by smartphone theft, nearly double the total of a year before.2 The problem is particularly acute in major cities, where smartphone theft is now involved in 30 to 40 percent of all robberies.3 In San Francisco, smartphones were stolen in more than half of total robberies in 2012.4 These thefts cost 1 The authors thank Phil Malone, Professor of Law and Director of the Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic at Stanford Law School, and Jef Pearlman, Clinical Supervising Attorney and Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School, for their guidance and helpful comments on this Note. 2 3.1 Million Smart Phones Were Stolen in 2013, Nearly Double the Year Before, CONSUMER REPORTS (April 17, 2014), http://pressroom.consumerreports.org/pressroom/2014/04/m y-entry-1.html. 3 H.R. 962 § 1(a), 2014 Leg. Counsel, Reg. Sess. (Cal. 2014). 4 Id. § 1(d).

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