[lemonlyman87]

As a critic of the bill, I'll readily concede that smartphone theft is a major problem. It's one of the most prominant crimes in urban areas, costs billions of dollars a year, and has in several occassions caused violence.

Still, it doesn't justify a mandatory kill switch (there are a large number of free apps you can download), and it certainly doesn't justify letting police use kill switches that are installed.

[discardorama]

This theft could be eliminated today : let there be a shared registry of stolen IMEI codes. Problem solved.

[krasin]

Many devices allow changing IMEI codes. See https://www.google.com/search?q=imei+code+change

[kazinator]

Furthermore, not allowing an identifier such as IMEI to be changed is a potential privacy problem!