“This actually caused some annoyance among law enforcement officials who believed they had suspects’ phones stored in a readable state, only to find they were rebooting and becoming harder to access due to this feature.”
I love it.
Those who forego freedoms for security end up with neither.
Oh yea, the freedom of
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not rebooting my phone.
Give em an inch…
Please explain to me how this could be the first step towards something sinister. I absolutely don’t see it.
It is my phone.
I don’t want my kids playing with it.
I don’t want the government snooping on it.
I don’t want the CEO of Apple or google making any changes to my property without my consent.
Yet my kids play on my phone despite my objections.
The government snoops
And Tim Cook and google want to remind us it is THEIR PHONE
Please answer my question.
I like it but, why so long? If I haven’t unlocked my phone in 24 hours I’m either dead or hospitalized, 3 days seems super extreme.
3 days seems like a good “default” but I agree I’d definitely like the option to make it shorter.
Especially since so many phones won’t make it 72 hours without a charge, even if sitting unused.
Good security feature but only for the phone in your pocket. The old one used as a camera, homeassistant screen, sms to email forwarder, ssh server, will stop being useful.
I hope there will be a way to turn that off, but I’m afraid there won’t.
On the 9to5Google article it says
Update 4/16: Google has updated the changelog entry to add that auto-reboot is “optional” when it comes in the “future.” This addresses some concern from people who run continuous Android devices, with tablets somewhat fitting into that.
