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Things the guys who stole my phone have texted me to try to get me to unlock it - Gothamist (gothamist.com)

submitted 5 months ago by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 83 points 5 months ago (65 children)

How so? A Samsung or pixel with default settings would also behave that way, possibly even more securely because it wouldn't show the thieves your number.

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 45 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (59 children)

I guess just anecdotally. I have a pixel 7, I'm pretty confident I could factory reset the device without 3rd party authentication. Also, from the tech channels I follow, I think I could recover my data if I forgot the password. Android has always felt more "free"and customizable, and I love it for that. But I also think that freedom allows for more exploits. It's a trade off that's worth it to me, personally. But if I had illegal shit to hide on my phone, I'd probably do it on an apple device.

Edit: just checked. I can completely bypass all my locked down Google Pixel settings to factory reset my phone pretty easily if I press the right keys in the right order. It would be pretty easy to steal and resell my phone.

[–] Yamayo@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Edit: just checked. I can completely bypass all my locked down Google Pixel settings to factory reset my phone pretty easily if I press the right keys in the right order. It would be pretty easy to steal and resell my phone.

Mind to share what "Keys in the right order" are? I mean a link, of course, because in my experience you just can't do that with a locked bootloader.

[–] devnull406@lemmy.world -3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Enter recovery mode and choose factory reset. The specific key combination for your device may vary.

[–] thequantumcog@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This don't work anymore, now they have frp protection which requires google authentication to the previous account after reset

[–] Yamayo@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

You think we're still in 2010? It's been a while since you need to unlock the bootloader first. And no, you can't do it with the device locked.

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