Turn on Your Phone's Kill Switch So It's Useless If Stolen. A stolen smartphone can ruin anyone’s day, though our smartphones’ built- in anti- theft software seems to be working, according to San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón, who cited a 5. Smartphone Theft Prevention Act. The legislation requires manufacturers like Google and Apple to include theft- deterring software. ![]() Most of it is packaged in the form of activation locks and remote device erasure software. It’s already in your phone, and it’s incredibly easy to make sure it’s actually on. OS: Find My i. Phone. Every i. Phone associated with an i. Cloud account features both Find My i. Phone, which lets you track your device’s last known location, and Activation Lock, a feature requiring you to enter the associated username and password on the device. If you’re selling your phone or giving the device to a friend, you can turn Activation Lock off after both turning Find My i. Phone off and removing your account from the device itself. If your phone is stolen, Activation Lock will stop ne’er- do- wells from associating the phone with their own account, making it a useless slab of glass and aluminum. ![]() A few weeks ago, I got a letter from the IRS saying my taxes had been filed twice, which was…Read more You should also enable Find My i. Phone. In i. OS, visit Settings > Apple ID, then select the device you’re using. From there you can enable or disable Find My i. Phone, or view your currently lost device. You’ll also need to enable the Find My i. Phone app’s location access. Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for. Turn it on in Settings > Privacy > Location Services. Android: Find My Device. Find My Device is Google’s device tracking software, accessible in your phone’s settings page. Open Settings > Google > Security, then turn on “Remotely locate this device” and “Allow remote lock and erase.” From there, you can locate your device from any browser you’re signed into. Just Google “find my phone” and if your Find My Device software is enabled, it should display its latest location. You’ll also need to unhide your device from Google Play. Visit Google Play’s settings page and toggle your device’s visibility there. If your thief happens to factory reset the device in order to claim it for their own, they’ll have to prove they’re you. According to Google, “You can sign in with any Google Account previously added and synced to the device as an account or user, but not as a guest. If you can’t give this information during setup, you won’t be able to use the device at all after factory reset.”. Terry White debunks the top 5 myths about Adobe Creative Cloud. I blame Adobe for this. Ulysses, one of the best writing tools available right now, is going subscription only. If you previously purchased Ulysses for Mac or iOS (it. If you’re selling your phone or giving the device to a friend, you can turn Activation Lock off after both turning Find My iPhone off and removing your account from.
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