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If you have email set up on your phone and someone steals your phone without a passcode it’s pretty much game over for all your online accounts. Also defeats tw
by dewey 9y ago
If you have email set up on your phone and someone steals your phone without a passcode it’s pretty much game over for all your online accounts. Also defeats two factor auth in case you have that on your phone.
Also a lot of services let you reset your password via SMS etc.
- ars 9y agoFor SMS all you have to do is put the SIM card in a different phone, locking your phone does not help. The only accounts you can change the password with a simple email are low security accounts without much of worth to steal. I'm sure there are people with more stringent security needs, but most people just need to deter casual snooping and don't need to stop hackers. I personally do not like having the same security on everything. I find that detrimental. I think phone makers should do a better job of having multiple tiers of security.
- 0x0 9y agoYou can set a separate pin code on the SIM and if everything works as designed, the SIM should be useless without the PIN after losing power.