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motivation to deGoogle: Creditors can lock your Android remotely if you are delinquent. (infosec.pub)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The technical mechanism:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.devicelock

update

To be clear, I am not the OP who experienced this problem. I just linked them from here.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

@coffeeClean
Won't disabling that not allow me to find my device and to disable the phone remotely if stolen?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Probably. But if you want that anti-theft feature, I wonder if you could disable it and then install another app for that which serves you alone. Whatever you install probably wouldn’t be baked into the kernel but probably a good trade-off.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

@coffeeClean Not sure. I wonder if these other roms support the crypto in the Google Pixel chip or support the camera well. Somehow I doubt it. 15 years ago I was into playing with custom roms, but they usually didn't support the hardware completely, especially the camera. I mean it would work, but the quality wasn't good as the native rom.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

@coffeeClean
I don't know but that article probably only applies to 'murica, if it's even accurate. I'm doubtful. Doesn't apply to Canada, that's illegal practice hete I'm sure.