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general are down. thieving were taking this home and realizing they could not put the phone to use. reporter: those phones once worth big bucks on the street are now worth bupkus thanks to the fix that turns the stolen phone into pretty paperweight. that was shot here at the corner of seventh and market which just a few years ago was the epicenter of the stolen phone black market. we saw the apple markets theft slow down quickly. reporter: the statewide kill switch law goes into effect. as the smartphone moving from calling and texting device to lifeline. it contains so much personal data. banking data. medical data. there is so much there that can have such a bad impact. if somebody else gets access to it. reporter: in san francisco, andria borba, kpix5. so overall, really good news if you have a smartphone, but not so great news if you have a car. turns out car break ins are up in san francisco. way up. the theory is the thieves have moved onto another e ....
tonight: dramatic new evidence that the crackdown.. is live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. the smartphone theft epidemic is over. tonight, dramatic new evidence that the crackdown is working. lots of thieves have basically given up. they are no longer stealing your smartphones. it is too much of a hassle. the official numbers come out tomorrow, but andria borba has the story tonight. reporter: over and over again. for years, thieves violently attacked people for their smartphones. these days, it is not happening nearly as often. san francisco district attorney george gascon says that the kill switch is killing a crime epidemic. he says iphone thefts are down 40% in san francisco since the kill switch entered the iphone 6 and smartphone thefts in general are down. thieving were taking this home and realizing they could not put the phone to use. reporter: those phones once worth big bucks on the street are now worth bupkus thanks to the f ....
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