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		daghamm on May 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Android's theft protection features FRP was introduced in Android 5, this announcement is about improving it.

shuckles on May 16, 2024 [–]

The “improvement” it describes involves taking it from being nonfunctional to functional. The original comment I responded to suggested that it was previously a client side validation that could be easily bypassed.

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