One of the worst things that we can do with our smartphones is lose them. If you have ever been in that situation, you know what an ordeal it can turn into. Not only do you have to replace the expensive physical device itself, you have to come to terms with that fact that everything on it - photos, numbers, notes - are all gone. Then there is the threat of the phone being picked up by somebody who uses the personal data on it for their own gain, whether through accessing your emails or stealing your financial information.

Now, the state of California is putting a stop to the hassle of a phone being stolen or lost and picked up by somebody harmful. On Monday, August 25, Governor Jerry Brown (D) signed a law that will require all smartphones to have remote "killswitches" by 2015. The law was first passed by the state legislature back in early May of this year, but will not take full effect until July 2015. All smartphones sold in the state, regardless of the provider, will need to be built with a feature that remotely erases a phone's information if it is lost or stolen.

Apple iPhones already come with a version of the killswitch, with the Activation Lock and Find My iPhone services. This allows people to log onto their Apple accounts and erase absolutely everything on their smartphones, so the information cannot be abused by a thief or somebody who happens to come across it. But with this new law, the same will also be required of Android, Windows and other smartphones built and sold within California.

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