Technology article for 4/25/14 Kill switch

On Tuesday Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Samsung along with five of the major cellular carriers have signed up to wok together to make a "kill switch" program for all phones. Kill switch system refers to a program on cell phones that would allow the user to delete all all information on his phone.The kill switch program would allow the user at any time to erase all e-mails,contacts, and texts on the phone and lock the phone so it can not be used without a password. This program is suppose to deter thieves and stop them if they are able to  break into your phone. The feature will come at no extra cost for customers. The main reason why this getting major backing is because there has been pressure from lawmakers to have a system like this on your phone. You can expect the a "kill switch" like feature on your phone by 2015.