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Android's Smart Lock Won't Ask You For a Password Until You Set Your Phone Down

Posted by samzenpus on from the staying-on dept.

jfruh writes Nothing confronts you with how addicted you are to your phone more than constantly taking it out of your pocket and entering your passcode over and over again to unlock. But without fanfare, Google is releasing an Android update that might solve the problem: a "smart lock" that can figure out if your phone has been set down since the last time you unlocked it. As long as it stays on your person, you won't need to re-enter your password.

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  1. Re:Sooo .. by beh · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, if a pickpocket picks it from your trouser pocket while you're walking along the street you quickly and easily dash after him to press the lock button on the phone while he's trying to make a getaway?

  2. Re:Sooo .. by jbmartin6 · · Score: 4, Funny

    you should set this up

    Why the hell would I want to give your wife the ability to erase my phone?

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