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Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 months ago

Google wants to make stolen Android phones basically unsellable

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Google wants to make stolen Android phones basically unsellable

www.androidauthority.com

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Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 months ago

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Google is upgrading Factory Reset Protection in an upcoming Android 16 release to make it much harder for thieves to sell stolen phones.

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It’s good for the common user who’s happy to use all Google services and can remember (or has written down) their credentials.

It’s absolutely useless for those out of the Google ecosystem

It’s annoying through to disastrous for people supporting other peoples’ phones

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