Make stolen phones unusable, Met Police urges tech giants
bbc.com> enforce measures rendering handsets effectively unusable
> When an iPhone user is not identified as being at a familiar location
> equipping police with new powers to search properties without a warrant where stolen goods have been electronically located
> facial recognition to cut the number of grabs on the capital's streets
This all means total surveillance. What could possible go wrong with this?
> This all means total surveillance. What could possible go wrong with this?
As long as only _we_ use it, against _our_ political opponents, nothing. Oh, wait ... /s
I was under the impression that Android did something like this upon factory reset (asking for previous PIN before you can set the phone up again). Is it effective?
Yes, it is, but not as you think. This bricked a tablet i had because it refused to create a new account, while the password for the old one was lost.