Intelligence-sharing pact tracks kit that comes back online after being nicked

London police cut mobile device theft in half in city hotspot after two-year blitz

The tech company have teamed up with the Met Police to work to combat the increasing number of stolen phones, introducing a new switch to stop devices being easily resold

Home secretary also urged to force tech firms into sharing data on stolen devices and if they are reconnected

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The head of London’s Metropolitan Police has described how the service is working with Apple to tackle iPhone theft. The...

Intelligence-sharing pact tracks kit that comes back online after being nicked

Although phone theft in the West End has fallen by 50 per cent in the past year, the Metropolitan Police are calling on tech firms to work with the force in a bid to disrupt the…

Zunehmend werden Handys direkt bei der Benutzung entwendet, damit sie noch im ungesperrten Zustand sind. In London gibt es dagegen nun ein Projekt mit Apple.