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You don't need Big Brother Google accessing your sensor data, nor do you need AI for this. I've been using this app for years and it works great in locking the

You don't need Big Brother Google accessing your sensor data, nor do you need AI for this. I've been using this app for years and it works great in locking the device if someone grabs my device. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.wesaphzt.privatelock/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.wesaphzt.privatelock/

sva_ 2y ago
You're saying it works great, which makes me wonder how often your phone has been snatched away?
neilv 2y ago
Sounds potentially useful, but question... If you're trying to call 911, or you're trying to video an assault... and someone tries to stop you, such as by jostling you or your phone... what's the likelihood that this Private Lock will get in the way of that?
- LoganDark 2y ago
  I believe Android has an SOS feature where if you click the power button five times in quick succession, it can take a photo and send a very scary-looking SMS message to a relative or some other trusted contact. I don't know if it lets you set it to call 911 or take a video though.
- jimbobthrowawy 2y ago
  You can do both of those things from the lockscreen of any android device I've used in the last decade. The linked app just seems to engage the normal android lockscreen.
michaelmior 2y ago
It's not clear that any sensor data needs to be sent to Google for thois to work. I suspect this is all on device.
panarky 2y ago
Is it really "Big Brother" when the model runs locally on your device and doesn't send any personal info to anybody?
- idatum 2y ago
  Ideally no, not "Big Brother". But this is Google, and the burden of proof is on them to not collect data "to make our services better", etc. Especially location data. If something like Find My Phone is activated, my immediate bias is to assume Google is taking advantage of this data collection to monitize my data without my consent.
jacooper 2y ago
Google already has this data, because every app has access to sensors by default and GMS has always on location access anyway. Even on graphene OS, location without GMS is almost unusable.
Ferret7446 2y ago
I expect it can work more efficiently as part of the OS rather than as an app.

sva_ 2y ago

You're saying it works great, which makes me wonder how often your phone has been snatched away?

neilv 2y ago

Sounds potentially useful, but question... If you're trying to call 911, or you're trying to video an assault... and someone tries to stop you, such as by jostling you or your phone... what's the likelihood that this Private Lock will get in the way of that?

LoganDark 2y ago
I believe Android has an SOS feature where if you click the power button five times in quick succession, it can take a photo and send a very scary-looking SMS message to a relative or some other trusted contact. I don't know if it lets you set it to call 911 or take a video though.
jimbobthrowawy 2y ago
You can do both of those things from the lockscreen of any android device I've used in the last decade. The linked app just seems to engage the normal android lockscreen.

michaelmior 2y ago

It's not clear that any sensor data needs to be sent to Google for thois to work. I suspect this is all on device.

panarky 2y ago

Is it really "Big Brother" when the model runs locally on your device and doesn't send any personal info to anybody?

idatum 2y ago
Ideally no, not "Big Brother". But this is Google, and the burden of proof is on them to not collect data "to make our services better", etc. Especially location data. If something like Find My Phone is activated, my immediate bias is to assume Google is taking advantage of this data collection to monitize my data without my consent.

jacooper 2y ago

Google already has this data, because every app has access to sensors by default and GMS has always on location access anyway. Even on graphene OS, location without GMS is almost unusable.

Ferret7446 2y ago

I expect it can work more efficiently as part of the OS rather than as an app.