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   micky to usenet@andyburns.uk   
   Re: help you find your Android phone   
   04 Nov 25 11:59:17   
   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In comp.mobile.android, on Tue, 4 Nov 2025 16:03:56 +0000, Andy Burns   
    wrote:   
      
   >micky wrote:   
   >   
   >> https://www.google.com/android/find/   
   >>   
   >> Do all of you know aobut it already?   
   >   
   >It has been discussed here,   
      
   I used to read this ng, and others, every day.  Not sure what happened,   
   but I don't anymore.  I wonder what else I'm missing!   
      
   >unfortunately (or fortunately depending on   
   >your privacy point of view) it's opt-in, rather than opt-out like apple   
   >devices.   
      
   Which means?  I have to sign up for this?   But I didn't afaik and it   
   worked.  And for my two friends who afaik never signed up.   
      
   >> It only works when your phone is on.   
   >Certain devices can send bluetooth location packets when they're "off".   
      
   Interesting.  Sort of like pigeons, maybe.   
      
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