Things the guys who stole my phone have texted me to try to get me to unlock it
gothamist.com
Don’t fall for these texts from scammers trying to crack into your stolen phone.

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.

  • Yamayo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    141·
    22 days 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.worldEnglish
      14·
      22 days ago

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

      • Yamayo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        22 days 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.

      • Quantum Cog@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        22 days ago

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