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From: Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Google's "Find My Debvice Network"
Date: 31 May 2024 15:15:39 GMT
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s|b <me@privacy.invalid> wrote:
> On Thu, 30 May 2024 20:20:14 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:
> 
> > That's been the only available functionality for the past few years, and 
> > I've found it helpful once or twice, it can't actually do any "finding", 
> > it can tell you where the device is (or last was before battery gave up).
> 
> I'm not sure if we're talking about the same thing here. I don't have
> the app on my phone, because I can already use 'Find my phone/device'
> through a browser. I simply activated it in my settings.

  It's an alternative for the web-browser. In order to find a device,
you need 1) *another* device and 2) an 'app' on that device. The 'app'
is either a general purpose web-browser or the dedicated 'Find My
Device' app.