Android Lollipop features a kill switch to discourage thieves

A few months ago, a law passed in California, in response to the rise in smartphone thefts in the past year, which requires manufacturers to include a kill switch in their handsets. The switch must give the owner of the device, or the police, to render it useless remotely.

As we know, being able to remotely find, lock, or wipe your phone has been a feature of Android for some time now. However, if a thief managed to do a factory reset of your handset before any of the required steps were taken, that feature would be rendered useless.



Well, Android 5.0 adds another step ...



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