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Re:Pixel sent to Google for replacement. They used it to pos... by Thaxll on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @11:52AM (#29405911)
Factory reset Android will securly wipe the data.
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Re:Pixel sent to Google for replacement. They used it to pos... by JohnFen on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @12:01PM (#29406063)
That doesn't help if the phone is broken. My personal policy is to just keep all of my old devices (and hard drives, for that matter) forever.
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Re:Pixel sent to Google for replacement. They used it to pos... by xboxnolifes on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @12:08PM (#29406188)
If you don't plan to repair them, wouldn't it make more sense to fully destroy them and dispose of them? I feel like you'd get quite a bit a junk hanging around after a while.
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Re:Pixel sent to Google for replacement. They used it to pos... by minusf on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @12:43PM (#29406725)
a recent security research paper about android systems calling home stated that there are vendors whose factory reset in fact does not remove all user data from the phone.
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