Yesterday evening, the American technology company Google announced a set of new features that use artificial intelligence to protect user data if phones running the Android operating system are stolen.
The German news agency DPA quoted Fabio Coelho, Google’s regional director in Brazil, as saying in a statement that Brazil, which witnesses about two cases of mobile phone theft every minute, will be the first country in which the new system will be tested.
He added: “The Brazilian user evaluation was inspiring about these anti-theft properties, and the country will be the first place we will test them.”
Starting next July, users in Brazil who own devices compatible with the Android operating system will be able to obtain a trial version of the new features that allow the phone to be automatically detected and locked remotely and without an Internet connection if it is stolen.
The new feature uses artificial intelligence to detect that the device has been stolen by monitoring common movements associated with theft and locking the device’s screen as soon as the feature detects the theft, with the aim of preventing thieves from easily accessing the data stored on the device.
At the same time, the remote lock feature will allow the user to access and run the “Find My Device” feature without the need to remember the password for his Google account, which allows him to lock the device remotely, in addition to the lock feature without A connection that automatically locks the stolen device’s screen to help protect the data on it even when it is not connected to the network.
The screen will also lock if you attempt to enter the password more than once.
It is noteworthy that Google also launched a trial version of fraud protection in Brazil after testing it earlier in Singapore and Thailand.
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