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Story summary
- Metropolitan Police Service (Met) Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley set a 1 June deadline for stolen devices to become unusable bricks or face legal action.
- He criticized Apple and Samsung for not protecting customers.
- The Met reports many London phone thefts, and few are recovered.
- Rowley urges stronger security measures, including multi-factor authentication.
- The police use advanced technology to combat theft but remain an outlier in solving robberies.
