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[-] Laticauda@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

How do you accidentally reset your phone?

[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Right? That's like "I accidentally tripped and brewed a cup of coffee." It's not exactly a one-step process.

[-] 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

Lol, see my other comment. Basically it's an app that lets you trigger a reset in case of a situation. I have abusive family members, so I have that just incase they want to steal my stuff. It's a "nuclear option" so my data doesn't end up being examined by crazy family. I accidentally triggered it when I didn't need it to.

[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wow, that's some hardcore government spy type stuff. Sorry about your family.

[-] Stez827@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

If they use custom roms or root their phone it's actually not that hard and may just be a part of the install process for certain things and it's very easy to forget some things

[-] 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was testing some android app that has a feature that basically if certain conditions is met your phone will get wiped. It's useful if, for example, an activist wants to avoid incriminating evidence being found. (I'm not an activist btw, just an example) So I'm kinda paranoid about family members trying to get into my phone (long story), so I set up my phone so that I can easily trigger a reset if needed. But yesterday I was tired and I kinda accidentally triggered the app.

It's an android app on F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/me.lucky.wasted/

TLDR: Basically I have untrustworthy family members so I have an app that let's me reset my phone quickly if something happens. I triggered it by accident.

[-] Laticauda@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I see, I didn't know that was a thing. I hope you manage to get into a better situation if that's the case.

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