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Overview

FMD allows you to locate and remotely control your Android device. This is useful if you have lost or misplaced it.

With FMD, you can send commands to your phone: to locate it via GPS, to locate it via nearby cell towers, to take a picture, to lock it, to let it ring, or to factory-reset it.

Commands can be sent over multiple transport channels: over SMS, over third-party messaging apps like Signal or Matrix (that post a notification to the Android notification tray), or over FMD Server (a web interface).

FMD is decentralised, and users remain in full control of their data. Decentralised, because there is no central server (provided by Google or Apple) that is needed to find your device. Instead, you control your device over a transport channel of your choice. Even if you choose to use FMD Server, the choice of server is still yours.

FMD is made up of several software parts:

  • FMD Android: the client application that you install on your phone
  • FMD Server: the server application that you can self-host to control your phone via a web interface

The rest of this documentation explains install, configure, and use FMD.