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Mobile Phone Theft Makes The Right Hook

On 15 Aug, 2013
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Are manufacturers not trying hard enough to make their phones useless to thieves? That’s the question we posed to ‘The Right Hook’ on Newstalk radio when pitching our client Threatscape for a mobile phone security interview on the show.

 

The Right Hook

 

The Facts:

 

- A mobile phone is now stolen every 20 minutes in Ireland with a surge in street robberies involving smartphones.

- It is estimated that almost 30,000 phones were stolen here last year – with 16,000 stolen in Dublin alone

- Over 8,000 smartphones were stolen in Dublin in the first half of last year

 

Some speculate that manufacturers may not have been trying TOO hard to make their phones useless to thieves – as it is reckoned that BILLIONS of dollars of additional revenue per year accrues to the manufacturers when people are forced to replace stolen phones.

 

Speaking of the issue Dermot Williams, Managing Director of IT security company Threatscape says:

It reminds me of 25 years ago when car keys were not very secure and manufacturers had to be shamed into improving vehicle security.

 

As well as advice on ways to protect yourself and ensure the safe retrieval of your phone if it is stolen, in the 16 minute interview Dermot talked about the SOS initiative being proposed in the US.

 

“Secure Our Smartphones Initiative” — a coalition of US district attorneys, police chiefs and other concerned officials that now also includes London Mayor Boris Johnson. They are pushing phone manufactures to make their products less attractive to thieves by making it possible to render stolen phones unusable and hence of no value.

 

To hear the full interview click on the image below and skip to 4:30 mins in.

 

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