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Google’s Device Lock Controller is a shady hidden app – Android Authority
The app enables creditors and lenders to block certain phone functionality of borrowers who have defaulted on loans.
Updated, November 6, 2020 (17:53 PM): Google got back to Android Authority with an explanation about the app described below. As it turns out, this app first became active in July of this year, but only in Kenya. In that country, Google partnered with companies to get Android Go phones to people who otherwise couldnt afford one. The Device Lock Controller app is thus intended to help creditors prevent defaulted loans for those devices.
However, a Google spokesperson said that this app wasnt supposed…
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