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motivation to deGoogle: Creditors can lock your Android remotely if you are delinquent. (infosec.pub)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by 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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[–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Wasn't this app some exclusive thing for a marketing scheme in Kenya for Android Go? If so… maybe your phone has a… African history?
https://blog.google/intl/en-africa/products/android-chrome-play/growing-access-and-inclusion-with-more/

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    I bought it practically on launch in Australia, directly from Google (I'm OOP), so I'd be surprised unless there was some last minute redirection of inventory from Kenya to Australia ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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