After announcing at I/O 2024 in May, Google is beginning to roll out a trio of Theft protection features for Android 10+ devices via Play services.

  • @helpImTrappedOnline
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    2 months ago

    So the remote screen lock only takes a phone number? No sign in necessary??? Edit: It needs a “security challange”, so better than nothing. The funnier part is you need a phone to call their number after visiting the website. At least with “Find my” I can just login anywhere and lock it.

    Could I enter my friend’s phone number? Could someone make a script to to lock phones at random times???

    That would be infuriating.

    • @[email protected]
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      12 months ago

      At least with “Find my” I can just login anywhere and lock it.

      Unless you use your phone for 2fa, which most people do

      • @helpImTrappedOnline
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        12 months ago

        That’s a fair point. I set up totp as a backup, but most won’t.