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I don't understand the point of features like this. OK awesome that thief can't use it, but I've still lost my phone. It hasn't prevented any loss.
by WheatMillington 2y ago
I don't understand the point of features like this. OK awesome that thief can't use it, but I've still lost my phone. It hasn't prevented any loss.
- nmeofthestate 2y agoThe phone is worth less to the thief, so theft becomes less lucrative and there is less incentive for the thief to steal your phone.
- jakubadamw 2y agoThe idea is that with features like this widespread, the probability of a theft leading to the thief repurposing the stolen device will be lower. Therefore, the incentives for thieves – the ones acting rationally within the paradigm of being a thief, at least – will be lower. Therefore, the number of thefts, generally, may go down. A few big ifs here, of course.
- 0xEF 2y agoI've always felt that system lock was about preventing theft of the device data, not prevention of flipping the device itself. Like tons of other people, I have sensitive apps and data on my phone (banking, cloud services, etc), but unlike tons of people, I take great care to ensure logouts after I am done accessing said apps or data. Even so, a thief snatches my phone, I don't care what happens to the phone itself, so long as the data is safe.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y agoKnowing the thief does not have access to my email, banking apps, nudes, etc is worth a huge piece of mind.
- dkjaudyeqooe 2y agoThe cost of your phone might be low or covered by insurance, while all your private information is much more valuable. I never spend more than 200 euros on a phone and consider them disposable. If I lost my (locked) phone, I'd merely get my (identical) backup phone from home and continue as if nothing happened.
- vasco 2y agoThe world runs on incentives. Remove the incentives you remove most of the behaviors.