New York Attorney General Pressures Wireless Carriers For Rejecting Phone Theft Fix

NEW YORK -- New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is raising questions about whether wireless carriers are blocking new technology that could reduce phone thefts because of their financial ties to an insurance company, The Huffington Post has learned. Schneiderman sent letters Tuesday to top executives of AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Sprint and US Cellular seeking information about their recent decision to prevent Samsung from featuring a “kill switch” in carrier-approved smartphones. ...

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