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The new Remote Lock tool does more for security than any other feature from Google


It's finally easy to lock your lost phone.

Everyone should have a secure lock screen using either biometrics or a PIN/password along with two-factor authentication because your phone holds many important things. There are apps and tools—even tools from Google—that can keep your phone unlocked if it's close to a Bluetooth device, in range of a certain place, or comes in contact with the right NFC tag. Or maybe you're using the Trusted Devices feature and lose your phone at an Android event with a few thousand people and hope it's not close enough to work, which happened to me in Texas a while back.

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