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According to the [[Federal Communications Commission]], one out of three robberies involve the theft of a cellular phone. Police data in San Francisco show that one-half of all robberies in 2012 were thefts of cellular phones. An online petition urging that smartphone makers install [[kill switch]]es in their devices to make them unusable in case of theft was started on [[Change.org]]. The petition is part of a joint effort by New York Attorney General [[Eric Schneiderman]] and San Francisco District Attorney [[George Gascon]]—it is called ''Secure our Smartphones''. The petition is directed to the CEOs of the major smartphone manufacturers and telecommunication carriers. It is known that manufacturers have the ability to install a kill switch. It is suspected by many that the reason that this has not been done is because of the huge profits cellular phone manufacturers make replacing stolen mobile phones. Schneiderman has scheduled a meeting on Thursday, June 13, 2013 with representatives of the major smartphone manufacturers in his office to present the petition. <ref>[http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/plea-urges-anti-theft-phone-tech/Content?oid=2447711 Adams, Mike "Plea Urges Anti-Theft Phone Tech" ''San Francisco Examiner'' Friday, June 7, 2013 Page 5:]</ref>