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Technology
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2006-10-03 23:47:50-04
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Now, mobiles that scream for help when stolen!
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London, Oct 4: In what seems to be good news for those refraining from buying expensive mobiles due to fear of theft, a new system has been designed which makes a mobile scream after it has been stolen. Security experts have devised a system, which triggers a high-pitched screech on a mobile phone accompanied by a message, reading "This phone is stolen" when it is stolen. The phone is also automatically disabled, with contact numbers, texts, images and emails removed. The service, backed by the Mobile Industry Crime Action Forum is designed to prevent thieves from using stolen phones and accessing the data contained on them. Under the new system, Remote XT, a signal is sent to the mobile once it is reported lost or stolen, causing it to emit an alarm similar to a scream. "The NMPCU is supportive of measures that make mobile phones less desirable items to steal and worthless in the hands of those who seek to profit from mobile phone criminality. Any opportunity to disable a mobile phone and render it useless, should it be stolen, is welcomed," BBC quoted detective Superintendent Steve Bending, head of the National Mobile Phone Crime Unit, as saying. The invention provides welcome relief to mobile owners, as the thefts of mobile phones are rising day by day, and the conventional facility to block the use of stolen SIM cards and handsets, not being foolproof. However, the service will not be provided free of cost, but the subscriber will have to shell out almost 10 pounds-a-month for it.
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