This is a very entertaining and educational article, giving insights into the methods used by thiefs to try and get access to your phone data.

I don’t like Apple but it’s great that their security is so good when it comes to this.

  • Kevin
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    97 months ago

    Doesn’t that already exist as the Factory Reset Protection (FRP) partition?

    • Midnight Wolf
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      57 months ago

      Yeah, I’ve had to wipe pixel devices the dirty way and it prompts (requires) your credentials to continue. Maybe it’s a pixel exclusive, and others are getting it via a15?

      • Quantum Cog
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        27 months ago

        No, its not exclusive. But FRP can be bypassed if you know the right tools.

    • @Thatuserguy@lemmy.world
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      27 months ago

      Honestly not too familiar with that. I imagine if they’re touting this as a new thing, FRP either does something different or was lacking compared to this in some way.

      Though it is Google, they could have just killed FRP in favor of this and added messaging features like they do with everything else