Samsung has simple device lock built into the latest types of phones, which is the number of stolen smartphones should reduce in the Netherlands. Netherlands are, along with the United States, the first country where the devices with simple device locks offered.
“I’m proud that we put together the theft of these devices will discourage and the fact that we Netherlands today have a scoop, “said a satisfied Minister Opstelten. The device lock should contribute to reducing the number of stolen smartphones in the Netherlands. Per week more than 300 phones in Netherlands stolen. Smartphones are often the target of muggers.
Reducing the number of street robberies is a major priority of the ministry. Opstelten stressed that the ministry not only can and is therefore pleased with the help of the producers. However, the public plays an important role, let the ministry know. An example to carelessly put down the phone at the bar in a pub or on a table with a sunny terrace, which thieves can strike.
At the same time start the telecom sector in collaboration with the Ministry of Security and Justice Campaign ‘make your smartphone Boef Proof’. Telecom operators will from this month its 11 million customers informed about the ‘Crook Proof’ use of their device. This is easy to do with a tick in the settings of the phone. It is the ‘find my phone “or” find my phone “option which allows a stolen phone via the Internet is to find personal data can be erased and the remote device is blocking.
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