Not really, they're just inconvenienced for part of a day. As long as your phone number is linked to your national ID, it's easy to get another SIM card, and yo

Not really, they're just inconvenienced for part of a day. As long as your phone number is linked to your national ID, it's easy to get another SIM card, and you can just ask a friend for help buying another phone. The person who smashes their phone, on the other hand, would be totally screwed. Ubiquitous surveillance means that cell phone theft is basically not a thing anymore because the thief is pretty much always caught.