173
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
90 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] -3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Nobody needs a pixel. There are plenty of phones far more inexpensive than pixels lol. I NEED A PIXEL TO LIVE!

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Dude, he bought a full priced phone and the distributor preinstalled ransomeware on it.

    If you think this is acceptable just say it: "Distributors reserve the right to install ransomeware on the devices they sell."

    Just say that.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Who's taking about pixel mate? We are taking about android here. Not the hardware but the simple fact that a device I paid for has harmful shit I didn't ask for. Pixel or whatever, this shouldn't be installed on anything period

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent