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Mandatory kill-switch on tap in Calif. for phones/tablets in 2015?

Politicians and law enforcement officials in California will introduce a bill on Friday that requires all smartphones and tablet PCs sold in the state be equipped with a digital "kill-switch" that would make the devices useless if stolen.

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