baatliwala@lemmy.world to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 days agoGoogle wants to make stolen Android phones basically unsellablewww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down11
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minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·2 days agoApple can’t even do that and they have total control of the hardware as the only manufacturer.
minus-squareAntelopeRoom@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 hours agoWhat do you mean? The activation lock means people can’t use a stolen iphone so long as the person who lost it doesn’t remove it from their account. Maybe you could chop it up for some parts, but the phone is functionally useless as a phone.
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·edit-22 days agoGoogle has hardware they control. Other OEMs can choose to make it available. It’s up to them to implement.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoThat it’s not possible. Roadblocks are the best you can hope for.
Apple can’t even do that and they have total control of the hardware as the only manufacturer.
What do you mean? The activation lock means people can’t use a stolen iphone so long as the person who lost it doesn’t remove it from their account. Maybe you could chop it up for some parts, but the phone is functionally useless as a phone.
Google has hardware they control. Other OEMs can choose to make it available. It’s up to them to implement.
That wasn’t the point.
What is the point?
That it’s not possible. Roadblocks are the best you can hope for.
Why is it not possible