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Disable shutdown when phone screen locked (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello,

When a phone is being stolen, the first thing a thief will try to do is to turn on flying mode or shutdown. Google play has an app called "Cerberus" that disables powering off and control panel on your phone when locked, but it asks for too many permissions for a proprietary app IMO. Does anyone know any F-Droid alternatives?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just a note: it can still be forced off/rebooted by pressing power button even longer. Likely the thief will just do that.

So there's not much point for this.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Plus isn't your phone's encryption at its strongest state after its been rebooted, before it's been unlocked? Guess it'll be useless unless OP has an outdated security patch, a weak passcode or if it was snatched while unlocked

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I'm just looking for the strongest security methodology. Yeah, I didn't think about this