Apple iPhones Could Thwart Thieves, Attackers

Apple patent application suggests the company is looking to add personal security features to its mobile devices

To mitigate the threat of Apple picking – a term law enforcement officials sometimes use to refer to cell phone theft -- Apples next iPhone may come with attack detection mode.
The World Intellectual Property Organization has just published a patent application that Apple filed last June, titled Mobile Emergency Attack and Failsafe Detection. It describes a way to set a mobile communications device to summon aid on the users behalf if the user fails to interact with the device.
While the device is in attack detection mode, certain events can cause the device to summon assistance automatically, even without further interaction from the devices user, the patent application states. For example, while the device is in attack detection mode, if the devices user ceases to interact with the device in a specified manner for at least a specified period of time, then the device can automatically place a telephone call to emergency services (e.g., by calling 911).
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