Stolen, found, retrieved: How a Samsung S21 FE was recovered using online tracking tech

[Redaktion]

Inside the high-tech world of smartphone tracking: A real-world demonstration of how Google and Samsung's location systems can help mobile users to claw back their stolen devices... and the essential features every phone owner should activate to protect their device and data.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Stolen-found-retrieved-How-a-Samsung-S21-FE-was-recovered-using-online-tracking-tech.1168037.0.html

[CuriousDragon]

Your privacy is all stolen by Google and Samsung, the routine precursor is move your data to your offline storage and when lost or stolen, buy another rather than cave into already deplorable privacy situation. Don't buy expensive phone because some reviewers with clickbaits said so. A mid range phone does more than enough at lower cost

[indyp]

Would rather have my phone tossed in a river than left unlocked and someone have full access to my device/available for me to track.

The data on the phone is far, far more valuable than the phone itself.  That is why Apple/Google/Samsung pretty much force you to have screen locks these days.

This article might as well be titled, "How to continue encouraging theft of phones."

You also encouraged your friend to keep doing this by doing the hard work for him.  What incentive does he have to learn the lesson?  What would have happened had the thief had a weapon upon approaching them?

So many head-scratchers in this article.