Sorry, I’m lost about what your point is. What “or” are you still referring to? You seem to be trying to correct something, and I have no idea what it is. You

Sorry, I’m lost about what your point is. What “or” are you still referring to? You seem to be trying to correct something, and I have no idea what it is. You defended the specific idea of avoiding repair. If we’re talking about other “precautions”, I’m not sure what you mean because you haven’t made it clear. My point, I guess, is that “advice” about taking “precautions” really does boil down to victim blaming. There are no reasonable precautions that the general public can take when sending a device in for repair; private information will be available to the person with physical access to the device. We already have some laws protecting against privacy violations, and the issue in this article is likely covered by some of them. The remaining solution is for Google or Google’s subcontractor to be held accountable and pay damages, which is exactly what is needed to address privacy problems at the social level: consequences for breach. Otherwise, I don’t see how your suggestion to take “precautions” is helpful or realistic.