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Lost Your Android? Now You Can Google It! by luwins(m): 12:08pm On Apr 17, 2015 |
How do you find it? Well, you could use Android Device Manager to locate it, reset its screen lock PIN and/or erase all the data, but that’s a bit of a hunt-menu-select-select scramble unto itself. Now, Google’s making it as simple as plugging a search term into its omnivorous search box. In fact, Google’s new “Find My Phone” is just that: a search term that we can now plug into Google search. All you have to do is make sure you’ve got the most recent version of the Google app installed on the device, Google said in a blog posting: We've all been there — you’ve searched under your car seat, tossed around the sofa cushions and you still can’t find your phone. If you know where your computer is, you can now ask Google to find your Android phone from your desktop. If the pesky phone is hiding nearby, Google can ring it for you — or you can see it on the map if you, say, forgot it at the bar. Just make sure you’ve got the latest version of the Google app installed on your device! After you plug in the “Find My Phone” search term, Google Maps comes up, and Google asks for permission to use your location data. A drop-down menu lets you select which device you’re trying to find, then Google communicates with the phone, eventually presenting a map view of its location that the company says is accurate to 76 feet (at least, that’s the accuracy it gave me for mine): Then, Google gives you the option of making the phone ring its head off, non-stop, at full volume, for 5 minutes, or until you press the power button. It’s always a relief to find your phone’s been hiding under a cushion. But what if your phone instead winds up in the pocket of a thief? Or what if an innocent person picks it up where you left it at the beach or the beer parlour? When it’s in the hands of others, a phone can be the key that unlocks your privacy, given all the personal data it contains, including contacts, naked selfies, Facebook posts, online banking,e.t.c To battle phone-related crime, US law enforcers and politicians have pushed for a mandatory kill switch – i.e., remote-control technology that bricks a phone after it’s stolen, thereby ruining its resale value. Short of a kill switch, there are ways to locate, lock and/or erase a wireless gadget if it gets lost or stolen, Google Device Manager being one. The telecom industry lobbying group CTIA has listings for security remote-command apps for Android, Blackberry, iOS (Apple), Symbian and Windows, as well as instructions on locking a phone BEFORE it’s stolen. Apple, for its part, introduced an activation lock in its iOS 7 mobile operating system. Apple previously had a Find My iPhone feature, but the activation lock took it a step further by not only tracking the lost phone but also enabling users to remotely wipe it. This approach isn’t as drastic as bricking it forever and ever. That’s a good thing, given that a locked iPhone can still display messages if the true owner lucks out and his or her device falls into the hands of a reputable person. Source:https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/04/17/lost-your-android-now-you-can-google-it/#
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Re: Lost Your Android? Now You Can Google It! by donwise1(m): 1:12pm On Apr 17, 2015 |
Ok |
Re: Lost Your Android? Now You Can Google It! by Bilabong(m): 1:35pm On Apr 17, 2015 |
Nigerians can always outsmart them... After area boys get hold of ya phone, the next thing is to uninstall your google sh!t. 1 Like |
Re: Lost Your Android? Now You Can Google It! by luwins(m): 6:22pm On Apr 17, 2015 |
But a good innovation though |
Re: Lost Your Android? Now You Can Google It! by sdqumar(m): 6:51pm On Apr 17, 2015 |
that nice. Google at d top #teamgoogle |
Re: Lost Your Android? Now You Can Google It! by luwins(m): 9:10pm On May 09, 2015 |
Yes ooh |
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