A software-based approach could protect a phone from getting wiped and reset to factory default, but it would not be as effective in protecting the user's data encrypted on hardware in the device. A hardware-based approach, on the other hand, might make it possible for thieves to reactivate the phone for resale, but would protect encrypted personal data about the original owner from getting stolen. "As we put more and more into these devices, the data is more valuable than the device itself," Kazmierczak says.

基于软件的技术可以防止手机被格式化或者重设为出厂设置，但它不能有效保护储存在手机硬件里的加密数据。而基于硬件的技术虽然令小偷有可能重新激活手机用来转卖，但是却能保护原机主储存在手机里的加密个人信息。对此，卡兹米耶尔扎克说：“随着我们放进智能手机的东西越来越多，手机里储存的数据往往比机器本身更有价值。”

Attempts to offer a solution to the problem are already in place by some providers. Anti-theft software like Apple's Activation Lock rolled out in 2013 as part of iOS 7 and last month Samsung released a "Reactivation Lock," both of which would allow consumers whose phones were stolen to lock them remotely and prevent thieves from wiping and reactivating their devices to be resold.

有些厂商已经针对这个问题推出了自己的防盗工具。比如苹果就在2013年与iOS7一道推出了一款防盗软件“激活锁定”，上个月三星也推出了“重新激活锁定”功能。这两项功能都能让消费者远程锁定被盗的手机，防止小偷抹除手机中的数据，重新激活设备，再转卖给其他人。

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