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Google Allows Creditors to Brick Your Phone (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by MisterFrog@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I installed NetGuard about a month ago and blocked all internet to apps, unless they're on a whitelist. No notifications from this particular system app (that can't be disabled) until recently when it started making internet connection requests to google servers. Does anyone know when this became a thing?

Edit 2: I bought my Pixel 6 phone outright, directly from Google's Australian store. I have no creditors.

Were the courts not enough control for creditors? Since when are they allowed to lock you out of your purchased property without a court order?

I don't even live in the US, so what the actual fuck?

Edit 1: You can check it's installed (~~stock~~ Pixel 6 android 14) Settings > Apps > All Apps > three dot menu, Show system > search "DeviceLockController".

I highly recommend getting NetGuard, you can enable pro features via their website if you have the APK for as low as 0.10€, but donate more, because it's amazing. You can also purchase via Google Play store.

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[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well, I would say this is what small claims is for.

Should the bank should have keys to a mortgaged house? When you don't own the house outright yet? I'm gonna go with no.

And second, why is it installed by default on all phones? Really not cool.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

why is it installed by default on all phones?

Absolutely batshit.

Should the bank should have keys to a mortgaged house? When you don't own the house outright yet? I'm gonna go with no.

Hmm, do they only not have keys because you can’t drive a house away?

So obviously poverty fuggin sux and we need universal basic income etc.

In today’s BS world:

If we ban car repossession, what happens to car prices and access to transportation?

Likewise - if digital repossession of phones is prohibited, will there at least be a couple impoverished people who have to use dumb phones even though they could’ve afforded a reposessable smartphone?

Maybe a few people have to go without those cheaper phones because allowing lenders to killswitch phones causes greater harm to the whole. Anybody wanna speculate?

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

I'll just point out that phone plans (to pay off a phone) and vehicle loans have been a thing and worked fine before this bullshit.

So yes, the level of access ought to remain the same I'd this were banned.