{"id":498996,"date":"2026-06-14T09:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T09:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/498996\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T09:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T09:26:15","slug":"apples-iphone-kill-switch-feature-to-now-stay-on-by-default-only-owners-password-can-unlock-stolen-iphones-inshorts-inshorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/498996\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple&#039;s iPhone &#039;kill switch&#039; feature to now stay on by default | Only owner&#039;s password can unlock stolen iPhones | Inshorts &#8211; Inshorts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxNaUhiVG1EWU9YWENFbVcxamFwTHliaExZZkFKTldySGc4V3lFeWtkUVg5al9SZVp3bVk5c0h3NFJjOVVQWXQzMjdsV25ERURQTG9rN2d2anRjcWRBemhiTmtNZUlvRmN3aUhaVzZIZkVHdG9zNGk3azluOTZJNDQ5bm9icjFmTHhYTG43MldmVWE1ZnRXVTVqZGdwWFkxN01HWWVINmsyaEJ5d9IBrwFBVV95cUxOY0MxSGNHTmZReVFqUDFjTVRFRXJCQUhTcEVUNUdOUTVScm5Xb1E4SGtwWmFJUmJUWFJOV1M3TDE3eGtVaTUxVXdNZHBENVAxNldXc05NSGtOS2pkQzE1QjkxazhMajhjNS1BN2FXampRSFJTZlpnYnFJU1lBZElMdEtvRTBCVTMtUVVHQ1U3VjZoX2xWQUpkaGphQXBQRjRwSVpVX0FJa2l1ajJtdjBr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Apple&#8217;s iPhone &#8216;kill switch&#8217; feature to now stay on by default | Only owner&#8217;s password can unlock stolen iPhones | Inshorts<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Inshorts<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxPUjJBY3BGd0tBRWpDZjdGem9peE1ZZHJDdS05SlBmRkJBcFE3R2NLdTNHeHlkWUUwRTFRNWc4VTFJZjJvdWxoanlMbWhjWE5tVUxSV0wyRVA5eDE3c0stUk1ubDBrR3NEUEpJZHNLRzVqMVNLODJVdkNkSElkR1hZR0hUeDAzZUNwMkNnNGdSQXVSWE81aDlKNjliVnNJSERsajFr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Metropolitan Police are pushing for tech firms to make stolen phones unusable for thieves.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxNNEFYMmJ3aFNUNDdNd2hsbzk3RkJxR2dmNXBQeFNoZzhUQ1pRQnBOUjF0MDY5MFplWXc3OGxOVWNQYzlHWkpzMDJDOXM4NmFRVEptVC1PWUpZa3BvWjBWTl9UTG1JZ2dvV0VKMG15N0lULUZ3enBFeFNMTU9SSGVXUlB0bVNXX2RBaUE3MjkxTmFMU3lYNEgzMGpkanFWUVpsSFVFWkxB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Met police chief calls for law to make stolen phones \u2018unusable bricks\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTFB0YkVVRnNDYTQyWVhQX0hIcEdSMWNFWDkxWU1lSXVNVnlnOHRPTDdaMHdKcnRDamJ6dW1tUlp0cFVtWTV2TzVkVVBCVVMxa2VDR1RBQWx3MWlqWlF3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Make stolen phones unusable, Met Police urges tech giants<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple&#8217;s iPhone &#8216;kill switch&#8217; feature to now stay on by default | Only owner&#8217;s password can unlock stolen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[213700,2476,2158,3136,3109,12451,1058,61,4178,60,3772,385,1529,202,43,3133,95007,71154,80,3135,3134,3132],"class_list":["post-498996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-apples","tag-breaking-news","tag-current-affairs","tag-current-news","tag-daily-news","tag-default","tag-feature","tag-ie","tag-iphone","tag-ireland","tag-kill","tag-latest-news","tag-local-news","tag-mobile","tag-news","tag-news-online","tag-stay","tag-switch","tag-technology","tag-3135","tag-3134","tag-3132"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}