The new initiative has received praise from state and local lawmakers, although California senator Mark Leno who’s backing his own kill-switch law proposal, isn’t quite happy with the outcome.

To try and fix the problem, Google has started using a remote kill switch feature in Android to ... how much control Google has over your Android phone from afar. Affected users have started ...

Samsung wants to essentially force a kill switch on the remainder of Note7 owner (even though it's already convinced 93% of them to comply). The remainder are surely keeping their phones with eyes ...

"With the majority of phones still without a kill switch, smartphone-related thefts and violence remain a tragic reality. "Criminals now target devices not likely to be equipped with a kill switch ...