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Phone can run out of battery and it can be easily destroyed or lost.

by oskarkk 3y ago

Isamu 3y ago
Phone eaten by a bear
- 14 3y ago
  That damn cocaine bear is at it again
14 3y ago
Sure but critics will say that is a poor plot in all but a few scenarios. Even seen here last week was the phone that fell out of the jet when the door ripped off and the phone was still on and in working order. So ya a movie plot could say the person was kidnapped when the battery died but no more lost plane crash movies or boats being lost at sea or people lost in the desert. And with the recent announcement of a nuclear battery the size of a watch battery that can last 28,000 years I imagine if they become commercial we will see those things adopted so no matter what you can always signal an emergency from your phone. Sure there will be some plausible movie work around but Hollywood will definitely need to become creative.
nwatson 3y ago
Your credit card expired and you didn't pay your last month of service and to update your credit card details you need access to your email account to confirm ID you but your phone is a new replacement phone and you don't have your 2FA codes for your email account.
- qup 3y ago
  Almost any phone will let you make an emergency call without so much as a PIN to unlock it. No active service required.
  - BuildTheRobots 3y ago
    It should even work if there isn't a SIM card in the phone, though I've only personally tested it on 2G and 3G.
    - lxgr 3y ago
      Not everywhere anymore, unfortunately. Germany recently banned SIM-less phones from making emergency calls, supposedly due to widespread abuse/hoax calls. Here's a list of countries where it's still possible (according to Apple): https://www.apple.com/watchos/feature-availability/#communications-international-emergency https://www.apple.com/watchos/feature-availability/#communic...
    - numpad0 3y ago
      It's radio certification requirement for phones to be able to do so in some regions, and requirement to NOT be able in some others so it can't be used for pranks and terrorist manifest deliveries.
- fullspectrumdev 3y ago
  You just described a couple months of my life - my phone and card went missing, a lot of services were tied to a Revolut account on the phone - and my 2FA/Password Manager/Card became totally inaccessible so I lost access entirely to huge chunks of my life (: It’s amazing how fragile stuff is. Now I’m super autistic about paper backups of everything, having ways back in, etc
  - Blahah 3y ago
    > Now I’m super autistic about paper backups of everything, having ways back in, etc I don't think autistic means what you think it means
    - deleted 3y ago
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Phone can run out of battery and it can be easily destroyed or lost.

Isamu 3y ago

Phone eaten by a bear

14 3y ago
That damn cocaine bear is at it again

14 3y ago

Sure but critics will say that is a poor plot in all but a few scenarios. Even seen here last week was the phone that fell out of the jet when the door ripped off and the phone was still on and in working order. So ya a movie plot could say the person was kidnapped when the battery died but no more lost plane crash movies or boats being lost at sea or people lost in the desert. And with the recent announcement of a nuclear battery the size of a watch battery that can last 28,000 years I imagine if they become commercial we will see those things adopted so no matter what you can always signal an emergency from your phone. Sure there will be some plausible movie work around but Hollywood will definitely need to become creative.

nwatson 3y ago

Your credit card expired and you didn't pay your last month of service and to update your credit card details you need access to your email account to confirm ID you but your phone is a new replacement phone and you don't have your 2FA codes for your email account.

qup 3y ago
Almost any phone will let you make an emergency call without so much as a PIN to unlock it. No active service required.
- BuildTheRobots 3y ago
  It should even work if there isn't a SIM card in the phone, though I've only personally tested it on 2G and 3G.
  - lxgr 3y ago
    Not everywhere anymore, unfortunately. Germany recently banned SIM-less phones from making emergency calls, supposedly due to widespread abuse/hoax calls. Here's a list of countries where it's still possible (according to Apple): https://www.apple.com/watchos/feature-availability/#communications-international-emergency https://www.apple.com/watchos/feature-availability/#communic...
  - numpad0 3y ago
    It's radio certification requirement for phones to be able to do so in some regions, and requirement to NOT be able in some others so it can't be used for pranks and terrorist manifest deliveries.
fullspectrumdev 3y ago
You just described a couple months of my life - my phone and card went missing, a lot of services were tied to a Revolut account on the phone - and my 2FA/Password Manager/Card became totally inaccessible so I lost access entirely to huge chunks of my life (: It’s amazing how fragile stuff is. Now I’m super autistic about paper backups of everything, having ways back in, etc
- Blahah 3y ago
  > Now I’m super autistic about paper backups of everything, having ways back in, etc I don't think autistic means what you think it means
  - deleted 3y ago
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