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Thieves will just dump your phone in a Faraday cage anyway, defeating the purpose.
I didn't think about that. It completely defeats the purpose of geolocation for theft prevention and recovery, and at very little cost and effort to the thief. The amount of effort and technological advancement for something so simple to make it obsolete is almost comical.
its almost as if thats not the actual motive for manufacturers
Tbh the average thief can't even spell Faraday