Apple will make it simpler for users to erase their stolen iPhone

Amid cases of iPhone theft in Brazil, Apple and Google are working to make deleting data from a stolen phone simpler.

Amid cases of iPhone theft in Brazil, Apple and Google are working to make deleting data from a stolen phone simpler. It was being reported that criminals in Brazil are stealing people’s iPhones, not to resell them but to access the bank details of the users. Procon-SP, the Brazilian consumer protection regulator said that Apple and Google will now make it easier for people who have lost their phones to delete data from the lost phone using another device. As per Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, the banks in Brazil have committed to creating emergency centres where such cases of theft can be dealt with. The emergency centres where phone accounts can be blocked after the smartphones are stolen will be created in Brazil.