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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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[–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

The code is inherently in the firmware (edit: kernel) no matter how you acquire the phone.

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  • [–] -5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    Every OS, including Linux, has a way to install remote management. Every one. You are just pissed at how the phone company implemented it. Might as well blame Linus for making the os extensible.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    You’re still not grasping how free software works. Users have a right to see the code and the right to change it. They also have the right to redistribute the code. Your complaint is unfounded because not a single user of a fully free platform is forced to have remote management code installed.

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