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Android's new Theft Detection Lock is here to protect your phone from snatch and grabs (www.androidpolice.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

i wasn't talking about that shitty 3 months late article which doesn't even talk about all the things, i was talking about the google blog where they said

We’re making it more difficult to do that with an upgrade to Android’s factory reset protection. With this upgrade, if a thief forces a reset of the stolen device, they’re not able to set it up again without knowing your device or Google account credentials.

this is old

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That one feature in the blog the article doesn't talk about at all is called FRP and they aren't saying it's new they're saying they're upgrading it.

We’re making it more difficult to do that with an upgrade to Android’s factory reset protection.

And the reason for that is that FRP is easily bypassed if your phone isnt locked. Among other bypasses.