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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 10 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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[-] Yamayo@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

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 10 months ago

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

[-] Yamayo@lemmy.world 2 points 10 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.

[-] thequantumcog@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

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