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I am technical, and I have no phone security (screen lock). I am sure that professional hackers can more easily steal my credentials remotely (phishing, etc) t
by throwaway2037 3y ago
I am technical, and I have no phone security (screen lock). I am sure that professional hackers can more easily steal my credentials remotely (phishing, etc) than from physical possession of my phone.
That said, I understand why most people want to use a phone screen lock.
I am sure this post will be downvoted.
- waihtis 3y agoYou're betting on the fact that there will never be an event where a malicious party comes in contact with your phone. Which might very likely be the case, but it's not a non-existent risk. A phone screen lock is a low friction, low cost solution for mitigating that small but impactful risk.
- dolmen 3y ago> You're betting on the fact that there will never be an event where a malicious party comes in contact with your phone. For example, you might take a flight, the plane break in flight and your phone is sucked out, falls on the ground and a stranger finds it. Don't tell me I'm paranoid and that this scenario is not realistic.
- elzbardico 3y agoYou have a few too many beers. While your uber drive is taking you home, you sleep while using your phone and it falls from your hand without you noticing. The next passenger is not an honest person.
- waihtis 3y agoI think dolmen was saying that if its likely that a phone can be found after being sucked out of an airplane, a scenario like yours is also prone to happen
- elzbardico 3y agoI use public transit a lot, the place where I live is not exactly a small rich village in Switzerland to put it mildly. I like going out at night to bars and restaurants and having a "few" beers or one or two bottles of wine with my wife. Me and my wife have lost a phone in a Uber after a night out (recovered in both situations, though). I am not a mobile developer. Autolock makes a lot of sense to me.