Re: Google's "Find My Debvice Network"

Andy Burns wrote on Wed, 29 May 2024 21:37:04 +0100 :

Hence, since I'm not sure I understand your question, may I ask you...
    *Isn't the way to opt out simply to not opt in?*

 
Stan doesn't want to use-up his battery/bandwidth, listening out for
other people's lost devices.  Seems like he will be able to opt out.

Thanks for patiently explaining what, at first, I had not understood.
Much appreciated, as there are only a handful of people I can learn from on
this newsgroup, you being one of them (Frank was also helpful in this too).

Seeking to answer Stan's question, the first issue is it apparently uses
bluetooth, so, I would think (hope?) that the bluetooth radio can simply be
turned off.

Yet, maybe not, as the "default" will be for this feature to be turned on,
so, maybe (I don't know yet), the bluetooth radio will be on, but hidden?

Question 1: Does turning off the bluetooth radio disable this feature?

Moving on, a second way to disable this feature, at least from the
perspective of finding your own devices, might be to simply opt out.

Question 2: Does opting out only prevent you from finding your own devices?
            (or does opting out also prevent you from finding others' too?)

Moving on further into the realm of opting out, I noticed the feature
requires two things that I don't have (but which most people do have).
a. It (apparently) requires a lock on the device
b. It (apparently) requires an account on the device
I have neither; but I don't dispute that most people have both.

This really brings up question 2 above again, with the difference being if
you can't use this feature (because of lack of an account set up on the
phone, or lack of a password set up on that account set up on the phone),
does that prevent the bluetooth bandwidth of the phone from being used?