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Re:Google Blog: Android's theft protection features keep you... by Terr_ on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @04:15PM (#40371834)
Probably the acceleration vector. If the phone is rapidly moved a meter away from you, either it's being snatched or it's being thrown.
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Re:Google Blog: Android's theft protection features keep you... by curiousObject on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @04:31PM (#40372010)
> If the phone is rapidly moved a meter away from you, either it's being snatched or it's being thrown.

Good heuristics. Also that must not be a mainly downward rapid movement, which probably only means you just dropped your phone.

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Re:Google Blog: Android's theft protection features keep you... by Terr_ on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @04:57PM (#40372273)
I think a lot of the false-positive cases where the screen gets locked are acceptable in context.

I mean, most people dropping their phone will be too glad/devastated that the device did/didn't escape harm to bother being annoyed that they have to unlock the screen again.

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Re:Google Blog: Android's theft protection features keep you... by jimbobthrowawy on Thursday May 16, 2024 @05:53PM (#40383720)
A drop registers as no acceleration while in freefall, and then a sharp spike when it hits the ground. This was counter-intuitive to me when I first figured out how to display my phone's accelerometer readouts, but makes sense.
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