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Ask HN: Question regarding touching a stranger's phone
The question is: what is the solution to not having to touch a stranger's phone during certain situations? Is it implementing existing technology, or is it making something new?
1. This week, I ordered some alcohol off of doordash. The person handed me their phone and asked me to type my name and sign.
2. I was at pharmacy and they wanted updated information, so I handed them my phone and they typed it in.
There are 2 problems with this:
First of all, everyone uses their phone on the toilet and nobody cleans their phone as they should.
Second is that the phone is very personal and it is rather odd to hand that to a stranger.
How do you feel about sharing phones and everything associated with it? And why are there no articles about phone hygiene? Do you never hand your phone over or vice versa? Is this a problem or a non problem?
- 32gbsd 4y agoI think its a non problem
- throwaway7744 4y ago
- soueuls 4y ago1. It does not matter whether the phone is full of bacteria or not (almost everything is anyway). If you are worried about it, you just need to wash your hands later on and avoid touching your mouth/eyes 2. If you don't want to hand your phone to a stranger, don't. If they hand their phone to you, it means they are ok with it. 3. Most of the time, when I am handling my phone to a stranger it's because I am in a foreign country, I don't know how to write something. There is a context behind it. I am not handing my phone and then moving away, so I can clearly see they are using my phone in the context.