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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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[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Apple has the exact same thing btw. In the same situation, a creditor can icloud lock your iphone.

[–] Shouted@programming.dev -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Never said they didn’t.

[–] ReakDuck@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Ah, you wanted yo say that apple users are used to this thing and thats why they dont care.