Google starts rolling out Android Theft protection features
As announced at I/O 2024 in May, Google is beginning to roll out a trio of Theft protection features for Android devices...
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.
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.
At least with "Find my" I can just login anywhere and lock it.
Unless you use your phone for 2fa, which most people do
That's a fair point. I set up totp as a backup, but most won't.
So phone tracking.
