Correct. Android phones also have this function. You can tell your Google account to wipe the device that it's attached to, and on boot it will start its initialization process.
It won't stop all of your data being stolen, but it will make it much more annoying for them if they wanted it. I've never needed to use this function on a functional phone before (I used it when a display died) so I'm not sure if Google initializes intelligently (rewriting data with 0s multiple times to remove any chance for retrieval) but at least it helps drastically reduce your chances of having your data stolen.
Correct. Android phones also have this function. You can tell your Google account to wipe the device that it's attached to, and on boot it will start its initialization process.
It won't stop all of your data being stolen, but it will make it much more annoying for them if they wanted it. I've never needed to use this function on a functional phone before (I used it when a display died) so I'm not sure if Google initializes intelligently (rewriting data with 0s multiple times to remove any chance for retrieval) but at least it helps drastically reduce your chances of having your data stolen.