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It's much more strange to me that people WOULD let strangers use their cell phone. Back when it was just a phone, sure. But now it's my wallet with all of my cr
by zippergz 4y ago
It's much more strange to me that people WOULD let strangers use their cell phone. Back when it was just a phone, sure. But now it's my wallet with all of my credit cards and banking loaded on it, it has all of my passwords and all of my OTP apps and codes, it has the ability to unlock doors in my house (and for some people to open and start their car) it contains all of the contact information for everyone I know, it effectively has every email I've ever sent or received and every picture I have ever taken or been sent, it has access to publish content as me on trusted social media profiles. Yes, obviously all of this should be protected by much more than just physical security. But we all know that software locks can almost always be broken if you're in possession of the physical device.
I happily help strangers when I can, but I'm not going to hand over the keys to my entire life, on the most fragile and expensive object I probably have on my person.
- swader999 4y agoI would just call for them and let them use speaker phone.
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 4y agoAnd you can have an NFC device on you to take money from the phone once it's unlocked!
- seoaeu 4y agoThe biggest problem is just the value of the phone. There’s just way too much risk handing a stranger a $500-1000 object that they could just run away with!
- easrng 4y agoOn Android you can add alternate users, I have one that only has the phone app installed specifically in case I ever need to let someone use it.