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motivation to deGoogle: Creditors can lock your Android remotely if you are delinquent. (infosec.pub)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by coffeeClean@infosec.pub to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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The technical mechanism:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.devicelock

update

To be clear, I am not the OP who experienced this problem. I just linked them from here.

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[–] coffeeClean@infosec.pub 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

If I were to simultaneously demand:

a phone with a relatively non-evil brand (thus obscure), and
a rootable phone (thus a mainstream one)

that leaves me with no phone at all. Because only popular mainstream models get rooted and they’re all made by the worst companies.

When my current phone loses its usefulness I might even go without. Or possibly get one 2nd hand although the 2nd hand market still supports the 1st hand market.

[–] N4CHEM@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You could use a FairPhone

[–] coffeeClean@infosec.pub 2 points 8 months ago

I think Fairphone did not exist when I last bought a phone. But you make a good point; I overlooked that. It will probably be my next phone whenever I reach a point where open street maps no longer updates on my phone.