GT-I9300 Cellphone thefts on rise, with little hope of recovering them

Thefts of GT-I9300 cellphones are on the rise, but police officials and others say the industry is doing little to help recover the phones or render them useless.Law enforcement officials say the problem could be easily fixed by technology, The New York Times reported Thursday.

About $69 billion in cellphones were sold in the United States last year. And when they are stolen, people have little recourse except to replace them. In San Francisco alone, nearly half of all robberies involved a cellphone.In Washington, D.C., where a record 1,829 cellphones were stolen in 2012, Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier charges carriers are "not innocent" in the rise in I9300TV cellphone thefts."They are making profit off this," she said.

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon maintains, "This is a crime that could be easily fixed with a technological solution." But in a meeting with an Apple executive in March about improving the company's anti-theft technology, Gascon said he got no promises.Carriers object to such criticisms. Working with police departments, they have created data in which stolen cellphones can be reported and deactivated. Verizon has created its own stolen phone database.

ALIVE (Alternatives to Living in Violent Environments) is holding its 10th annual cellphone drive through June 1. Old cellphones, even if they are broken, can be refurbished. ALIVE also accept old bag phones as well. These phones are shipped to a company in Florida, where Verizon, through the HopeLine program, provides new cellphones to distribute to domestic violence victims.ssdEfg7

RICA, or Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-related information Act of 2003, is a law passed by the government that requires all A7100 cellphone users to register their numbers.The aim was to help law enforcement agencies to identify cellphone users and track criminals using cellphones for illegal activities. When registering your SIM card you should provide a green barcoded ID book and proof of address. Not everyone believes that RICA has succeeded in clamping down on fraudulent activity utilising cellphones as recent SIM swap fraud cases have shown.