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These guys sent it in for RMA because it couldn't be turned on Also the photos were in the google account so none of this advice would have mattered anyway asi
by vmception 5y ago
These guys sent it in for RMA because it couldn't be turned on
Also the photos were in the google account so none of this advice would have mattered anyway aside from the advice #4 about not doing it, which is moot. They and many people probably auto backup all photos on the device to the google account. Not sure if there is a way to distinguish which photos are too sensitive for online backup with that service.
- encryptluks2 5y agoIt would have mattered because you can deauthorize a device from your Google account on a computer, like a phone and if they are saved locally as well you can remove SD card before sending it back. The only thing I'm unsure of is if thumbnails are saved in a standard image format but those should get removed as well during the notification that the device has stopped syncing, but if mobile data is turned off it may cache a few low res thumbnails.
- orthecreedence 5y agoWhere's the SD card on a Pixel?
- encryptluks2 5y agoI'm not saying it has one, again the point was for people RMA'ing devices in the future to help prevent issues like this. A startup password with encryption could have helped prevent this.
- jeffbee 5y agoThe photos coming out of the google account seems like the least-likely scenario by far.
- prutschman 5y agoI've never intentionally turned on google Photos backup since I use Dropbox instead, but I still notice it turning back on periodically.
- slantyyz 5y agoIIRC, in the Reddit comments, the OP said the phone was not locked with a passcode at all, which is presumably how the bad guys got access to basically everything.