Smartphones with a built-in remotely-triggered explosive device might be not such a crazy idea. Especially if the thief has it in his front pocket.
There’s an app for that?
Given that the FBI even has trouble breaking into these phones and you can now trace a phone’s location, how is it that these phones are able to be resold?
Also, as much as it sucks, in that situation I would think it be wise to just give the thugs the phone rather than take a physical beating. When I took a self defense course, we were taught to toss the desired object ( wallet, phone etc.) away from your person, if they went for it then let them have it and run. If they still came after you then it was never about the theft in the first place and you better be ready to defend yourself.
A little C-3 inside the case? ha ha
My IPhone has a tracker thingy. If stolen, I can go to a computer and and go into the “cloud,” whatever that is, and determine where the phone is as it moves around town.
Actually, I can’t. One of my kids could do it for me, though! :-p