The quickest way for a thief to prevent a stolen phone from being tracked is to power it off. People have complained about this for a long time, and rightfully so. What’s the point of making your phone trackable when a thief can just shut it off in a second?

Back when phones had removable batteries, there wasn’t much manufacturers could do to help locate them because a thief could just pop open the back and take out the battery. That’s not the case anymore, so we should take advantage of that and bump up security.

Granted, a competent enough thief can still get inside your phone, but if they’re planning to sell it, they risk ruining the internal circuitry during disassembly, which can wreck its resale value. Alternatively, they can take out the SIM card to achieve the same result, which is why you should consider switching to eSIM.

Sure, the screen is locked so they can’t access your data, but even so, it shouldn’t be possible for others to turn off your locked phone without permission—and it isn’t; not on Samsung phones, at least. Head over to Settings > Lock Screen and AOD > Secure Lock Settings, type your password, and toggle on “Lock Network and Security.

Once enabled, your phone will require biometrics or a password to power off when locked.