Drug Cartel in Smartphone Business

(12/10/2013) The drug cartels in South America still get their hand dirty, but maybe smarter now. They buy stolen phones from the US and resell them like news one to people in their market. The technology to block resell stolen smartphones is available. Absolute Software's technology has shown that it can trace the phone to the location. However, Apple, Google, Verizon & AT&T ... won't do anything. Why? First, many people cell phones are in the contract, so it means they will have to replace new phones otherwise they still have to pay the service. Second, very few people who rely on smartphones can now live without it. Three, cell phone users tend to stick to the same maker (due to learning curve of switching) and the same wireless service provider (contract and service level preference).

The companies (Apple, Google, Verizon & AT&T ... ) can sell you new phones to replace your stolen ones, why do they ever make effort to sacrifice their profit? Good and evil only differ in a very fine line here.