See this is one advantage of the Google approach - everything is cloud-synced so my photos are all on my Google account hooked to my Google credentials. So eve

See this is one advantage of the Google approach - everything is cloud-synced so my photos are all on my Google account hooked to my Google credentials. So even if my phone is locked, all the files that it represents are in my gcloud. (aside: I still need to get those photos backed up into my home NAS).