This is a very entertaining and educational article, giving insights into the methods used by thiefs to try and get access to your phone data.

I don’t like Apple but it’s great that their security is so good when it comes to this.

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    6 months ago

    I don’t ‘do’ smartphones at all, I think they’re an expensive trap – but if you have an iPhone and it gets stolen, can’t you call up Apple and have them brick it, so it can’t be used at all anymore? I’d think that would be what you’d ultimately have to do if you can’t get it back.

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        5 months ago

        No, they’re not, they’re just a way for corporations to collect data from you and for the government to track you everywhere you go, and you’re footing the bill for all that.

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          5 months ago

          They’re not useful? I’m literally using one right now in a way that can’t be done on a dumb phone. Look, I love dumb phones, and I would actually have one if my lifestyle allowed it, but I get so much value out of my smart phone it’s just not practical to use a less capable device.

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            5 months ago

            They’re a trap, and you’re caught in it, and by the way the vast majority of people who have them just use them as an amusement device and a time-waster. Meanwhile the telecoms and app companies are invading their privacy and sucking down all their data.

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              5 months ago

              You know we can have one without the other if we campaign to make their invasion of our privacy illegal, right?