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wrote on last edited by [email protected]Depends on how you look at it. By and large screwed until I get it remotely locked maybe. On the other hand I only have a smarthphone for work reasons and it mostly stays at home and if I have it out its for its phone function and a thief would be hard pressed to find a point where I had it unlocked.
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This is such an important distinction to make. Being able to wipe the phone would require a second device, so unless you are with someone who has access to that phone, you have to wait until you get home to initiate it.
Iirc my pixel has a "in case your phone is stolen from you" automation. Though I don't know the mechanics of how it works.
Yeah, I couldn't get into my account on someone else's phone to wipe/trace down my phone. As I believe I'd need 2 factor authentication. Which while mobile I can't do without my phone. I'd have to wait till I got home and a device id previously been logged into.
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Annoyed as all hell, but not fucked at all. The phone locks itself if snatched away. A phone call, and a brief access to android lock later and now the thief has a worthless paperweight. This can happen in a matter of seconds if theft protection works, or a couple of minutes while I find someone who would lend me their phone, faster if I have my smartwatch with me. Carriers on my country also disable IMEIs across all carriers and on the whole territory when phones are reported stolen. Everything on my phone is backed up elsewhere, so I won't actually lose much, and my data would be fairly protected. They could disassemble it and try to decrypt the storage, but good luck with that if they are not law enforcement or doesn't have the fancy forensic toys.
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Depend if it was stolen when i was doing banking or not.
I use différents user with differents password for diffenret type of activities.
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Not a data target, but my wife was pick pocketed in Paris a few months ago. We were boarding a train to the airport and somebody yanked it from her pocket as she boarded with her hands full.
We both have iPhones. Within five minutes while sitting on the train I remotely locked her phone then wiped it. Never saw any fallout that could be attributed to somebody having access to it.
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My phone has GraphineOS so if somebody snaches it than itll just lock and once it locks then the chance of somebody breaking in is extremely slim.
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Yeah, I couldn't get into my account on someone else's phone to wipe/trace down my phone. As I believe I'd need 2 factor authentication. Which while mobile I can't do without my phone. I'd have to wait till I got home and a device id previously been logged into.
For Android, it looks like you can go to https://android.com/lock and use your phone number to lock your phone.
No MFA required. But this has to be enabled on your phone in order for it to work.
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My phone has GraphineOS so if somebody snaches it than itll just lock and once it locks then the chance of somebody breaking in is extremely slim.
Set a tasty duress PIN on it
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Depend if it was stolen when i was doing banking or not.
I use différents user with differents password for diffenret type of activities.
Banking is isolated from my daily usages.I just need to appreciate the different spellings of different in your comment. It almost makes the word perfect in meaning.
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For Android, it looks like you can go to https://android.com/lock and use your phone number to lock your phone.
No MFA required. But this has to be enabled on your phone in order for it to work.
Interesting, that's good to know. I immediately tried to lock the woman's phone next to me by using her number, she didn't have it turned on either. I have an odd feeling someone is going to write a script that locks someone's phone screen at random intervals throughout the day. Schedule it as a task whenever they log into their work computer so you can watch them struggle with it throughout the day then end the task when they lock their screen/log off.
