Android’s theft protection features keep your device and data safe
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Android rolls out theft protection features to safeguard your data before, during and after a theft incident.
  • Hirom@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    Many of these are Google Play Services features, so it won’t be available to users open-source Android flavors that are google-free.

    • Blastboom Strice@mander.xyz
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      2 years ago

      Lol, who wants these anyways. One more reason not to use google play services. (Though I have google play services on this phone.)

      Automatic AI-powered screen lock for when your phone is snatched.

      Theft Detection Lock is a powerful new feature that uses Google AI to sense if someone snatches your phone from your hand and tries to run, bike or drive away. If a common motion associated with theft is detected, your phone screen quickly locks – which helps keep thieves from easily accessing your data.

      One good thing you could try is use this app:

      Find My Device

      • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Theft Detection Lock is a powerful new feature that uses Google AI to sense if someone snatches your phone from your hand and tries to run, bike or drive away. If a common motion associated with theft is detected, your phone screen quickly locks – which helps keep thieves from easily accessing your data.

        Why would we need AI for that? That just makes the function unpredictable. There must be a real solution to detecting this.

        • jarfil@beehaw.org
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          2 years ago

          The real solution is, a heuristic analysis of the phone’s gyroscope and accelerometer data.

          Marketing calls that, “AI”.

          • TehPers@beehaw.orgEnglish
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            2 years ago

            Not just marketing, that’s the term it’s always been called. Plug a bunch of parameters into a non-deterministic model and you’ve got an AI, at least by what seems to be the common definition of the term.

    • GingeyBook@lemm.ee
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      2 years ago

      Which is a fraction of a fraction of Android users.

      I’m all for de Googling if that’s what tickles your fancy, but ask anyone on the street and they’ll have no idea what you’re talking about

      Edit: This also allows Google to push some of these features to older devices which may not ever see another system update

      • Hirom@beehaw.org
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        2 years ago

        In that blog post, google does not commit to open sourcing these play services features, to integrate in future system upgrade.

        I would love to be proven wrong.