Platform allows smartphone blocking in case of theft or theft
The app Safe cell phone, released in 2023it has gradually capturing more and more users. Data from the Ministry of Justice and Public Security (MJSP) indicate that, currently, the safety service for theft and theft of smartphones has three million users.
Still, according to The globethe folder wants to increasingly expand access to toolso much so that the Secretariat of Communication Social (Secom) would be negotiating with the actress Dira Paes for a new institutional campaign About the safe cell phone.
Application chronology
- Since it was released to the public in December 2023, the safe phone allows the smartphone blockade in case of theft or theft;
- This blockade prevents third parties access personal information and bank account data;
- However, to have access to the platform, people need to have an account in the Gov.br and that your mobile number Be linked to your CPF;
- In December, the safe phone went through a reformulationreceiving news, such as the Recovery (or partial blockade) – block the telephone line and other bank accounts linked to the device, however, keeps IMEI activeso that if the phone is recovered, the user will have less headache;
- This year, received new functionality: send WhatsApp or SMS for people in possession of irregular smartphones.
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IPhones owners thank
Ministry data report that iPhone users are the most benefited for the use of safe mobile phone, because, until the beginning of this year, More than 26,000 Apple smartphones were blocked through the platform, leaving the device in Second place on the list of the most targeted.
SAFE MOBILE: Government active system that identifies stolen cell phone when exchanging chip
From this Friday (4), a new feature of the program came into force Safe cell phoneinitiative of the Ministry of Justice and Public Security. The appeal sends notifications via applications of message, and SMS when a stolen or stolen is activated with a new telephone line.
The measure has as its main objective combat the illegal marketwarning immediately who attempting to activate a chip on a telephone with crime record. If the person gets and activates one of these cell phones, he will receive a message recommending to attend a police station and return the device. Those who do not deliver can answer criminallyaccording to the Civil Police investigation.
New functionality expands the scope of the safe mobile phone program
The update of the safe mobile phone was developed in partnership with the Anatel And with the telephone operators, and is inspired by a model already used in the state of Piauí. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva publicly defended the initiative, stating that he will not allow Brazil to become a “republic of cell phone thief”.
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Rodrigo Mozelli is a journalist graduated from the Methodist University of São Paulo (Umesp) and is currently writer of the digital look.
