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New security for Android against smartphone theft

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Since 2024, Google has built a virtual fortress around the data stored on Android smartphones. In 2026, a series of innovations further enhances the security of these devices. Thanks to "Theft Detection Lock," the phone's screen instantly locks in case of sudden movement, typical of theft. In addition, "Offline Device Lock" locks the screen if the device is disconnected from the network, to prevent geolocation. Finally, "Failed Authentication Lock" increases the time between each new PIN entry attempt. A protection system now prevents the factory reset of a stolen device without the real owner’s credentials. Do you think these measures will deter smartphone thieves?
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Papy
 

Hello  all  this information  is  super interesting,  thank  you  ... best regards ... 
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brupala Posted messages 111942 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   14 421
 

Hello,

it would be better if these features existed outside of Google, given the current US policy.

It is not healthy and even dangerous for them to have all these powers over our machines (the same goes for Apple and Microsoft).

And there you go, here it is ....

But goodness, those line breaks are so annoying!!
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brucine Posted messages 24389 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   4 099
 

Hello,

Android, by definition, is Google, which continues to face increasing fines for violating the GDPR, which seems to affect it neither here nor there.

In other words, smartphones and their applications would need to rely on another system that wouldn’t be based on a commercial model but would remain free, which seems illusory.

It’s worth noting that apart from the essentials of a phone, not many people seem to be concerned about applications such as social networks where, to put it simply, users almost willingly agree to these data collections for the sake of commercialization if not for other unspeakable purposes.

American breaches of democracy or independence innovate in their openly claimed demands, but not in the fact that for long before the Patriot Act and its ilk, American state structures have been able to obtain data that in principle only concerns non-American residents.

I remember that at the time, Obama’s electoral campaign was distorted into "Yes we scan".

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brupala Posted messages 111942 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   14 421 > brucine Posted messages 24389 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention  
 

It is not essential for Android to be free; it is not useful either. The devices that use it are not free, and neither is Windows, but being more independent from state powers is.

We have always had machines with the OS included, but back then, we bought a right to use it, and that was it; then it was each to their own, both customer and provider. Today, they confine us in a prison where we must accept more and more constraints, supposedly for our own good and security, when it is really just for their constant profit, a bit like the insurance system.

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