Protections urged against cellphone theft
Photo credit: Getty Images | U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly are to announce a new plan Tuesday, April 10, 2012, to secure stolen cellphones. (Jan. 16, 2012)
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Victims of cellphone robberies and thefts need not be defenseless, even as NYPD data show the problem is on the rise.
Verizon spokesman David Samberg advises that both the handheld device and the storage card, known as a SIM card, should be deactivated when a phone is stolen.
Thieves sometimes just want to use the Wi-Fi or call functions on devices that haven't been fully disabled, Samberg...
