DUMPSTER FIRE

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Last switch on the phone. Trip it and the dumpster takes everything.

A steel dumpster laughing with fire pouring from its mouth

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The real fail-safe

Dumpster Fire is the fail-safe you can watch. A website still cannot factory-reset a real handset. On a lost phone, open Google Find Hub, pick the device — it has to be signed into your account and online — and choose Erase device.