Pressure on the South Korean government planning to smartphone manufacturers LG and Samsung to install anti -theft features in their smartphones. Should smartphones（THL W300
） be stolen or get lost in other ways, owners or operators can block or completely delete the device from a distance. By integrating into the operating system , it is smartphone thieves are difficult to relate the functions of a theft overridden. Even changing the SIM card will not help .
According to a report of Techblogs digits , part of the Wall Street Journal , says the South Korean Ministry of Science with manufacturers about fitting functions, they should already be available in the beginning of next year available. The users would have to register for the service, it said.
Most stolen smartphones are reportedly brought out of the country because they would not let in South Korea by the local operators in the net. In Germany there is no network provider cross - register with the IMEI numbers of stolen smartphones, mobile phones imported from abroad - whether legally or illegally - should be able to log into any network problems here .
Demands for a built-in by the manufacturer - theft protection from smartphone to come from the USA : There was the Attorney General of the State of New York , Eric Schneiderman , figures released in mid-May . Thus, more than 10,000 iPhones in 2012 alone in New York had been stolen , they make up 70 percent of all burglaries . Schneiderman also wants to take the equipment manufacturers in more accountable. The U.S. regulator FCC has also taken a cell phone registers in operation a year ago , which is to prevent , in collaboration with the American and Mexican operators , registering stolen cell phones（THL W11 ） in their networks.