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feature request block stolen devices

Mariana
Community Member

Hi:

Devices being stolen are a real headache.  The find my device is very helpful, but most of the time, thieves would turn off internet connection and would try to steal your sensitve data.  Or just simply factory reset.  Meanwhile all of us would have totally delete the information desperately.  What if regardless internet connection, everytime a device is reported stolen, Google ban the mac address so it cannot connect to any google account.  Therefore simply cannot be used, or in some devices at least not as their full potential.  In chromecast devices, they do not have gps, I know.  This is not to recover them (and let's be honest, a stolen phone, tablet, etc is most of the time never recoverd either).  This is to disable them.  So, anytime the home app is set to recognize the brand new factory reset device, it would perform the registration, but then go to check the mac address and simply disable it.  Every time. 

In the case of the phones, it would be glorious.  This time the headache would go to the criminal,  and it would return  every time they try to register the apparatus.

A feature like this it would make me sooo happy.  (I am a very vindictive person, I know

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Cathal_S
Gold Product Expert
Gold Product Expert

Mariana,

Unfortunately it's not that hard to spoof a devices MAC address.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_spoofing 

 

Regards,

Cathal

Regards,
Cathal

JenniferV
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hi folks,

 

Thanks for the help, Cathal_S.

 

We hear you, Mariana. We appreciate users who are keen on giving us their thoughts. We're always looking for ways to improve and we'll take this as feedback. Let us know if you need more help.

 

Regards,

Jennifer

JenniferV
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hi Mariana,

 

I wanted to check back in to see if you have other questions and concerns. Feel free to let me know if you do.

 

Thanks,

Jennifer

JenniferV
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hi there,

 

Just checking in to make sure that you saw our response. I'll be locking this thread if we won't hear back from you again in 24 hrs. Should that happen, feel free to create a new one if you have more questions or have other concerns in the future. 

 

Thanks,

Jennifer