George Gascón, San Francisco’s district attorney, seems to think that smartphone theft can be fixed with a technological solution, and he claims to have met with Apple to discuss such issues, but felt that there was no indication from Apple that they were interested taking such efforts one step further. Critics have also claimed that thieves with some technical knowledge will be able to hack the phone’s IMEI to erase its data, rendering them unidentifiable from databases that track phones. Some have suggested that companies institute a lock on the phone should such a reset be detected.
What do you guys think? Are there enough measures put into place to deter thieves from stealing and selling stolen phones, or do you think more could be done on this front?