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.

  • Liz
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    426 days ago

    I mean, they’re extremely useful and cheap, if you buy the right one.

    • @Cognitive_Dissident@lemm.ee
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      -425 days 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.

      • Liz
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        325 days 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.

        • @Cognitive_Dissident@lemm.ee
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          -125 days 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.

          • Liz
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            225 days ago

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