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With this, google is venturing into a dangerous territory ... what of a life threatening emergency occurred while the phone is locked?
by quantum_state 6y ago
With this, google is venturing into a dangerous territory ... what of a life threatening emergency occurred while the phone is locked?
- JosephRedfern 6y agoI'm not saying this solves every issue, but the article says: "With the device locked, users will be able to access very limited functions in their smartphones. These include emergency calls, incoming and select outgoing calls, settings, and backup and restore service."
- walshemj 6y agoYes and how will Goggle have every hospital, transplant centers number to white list.
- JosephRedfern 6y agoI'm not saying it's right or "good", but the very same problem applies to people who have their phone line cut off because they've not paid the bill.
- ghufran_syed 6y agoEmergency calls are allowed
- Grazester 6y agoSomething tells me they would not block the ability to call 911.
- eh78ssxv2f 6y agoFor Enterprise Android devices (i.e., the one owned by the employer), the employers always had the option to install device management policy and disable parts of the phone based on those policies (e.h., remotely disable phone of an employee that was terminated). The other evergreen use case is for the parents to remotely disable/control/set policies for the phone for kids. In this case, the telcos are just using the same device management policy. They can do so because they own the phone (have physical access to it and their legal contacts allow them to do it). I don't think Google did something specific here to enable this feature for telcos. Note that the iPhones also has similar feature. So, switching is not going to help.