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Originally Posted by Bill14564
There might be less personal information on your phone than you think. In many cases, the phone is simply a portal to access information sitting on servers around the world. My Google contacts *might* be stored on my phone but they *are* stored with Google. Hacking Google's cloud (or Amazon's or Apple's or Home Depot's or ...) will have a much bigger bang for the buck then accessing any one phone.
*Because* all that information is available through a single portal and because of the way the Apple ecosystem works I can quickly recover all that information very quickly.
I don't worry about anyone being able to access that data from the stolen device because of the security features of the device and the apps that access the data. FaceID, passcodes, locked-out configuration settings, 2FA, and remote-wiping features all work together to minimize the risk of unauthorized access.
Again, what do you mean by "hacked?" Any computer is vulnerable to phishing emails and malicious links though some operating systems are better than others at protecting the user against himself. Remotely accessing and controlling any device is possible but it comes back to the bang for the buck. A hacker can spend a tremendous amount of time working to access my device to gain all the personal files from one relatively unimportant individual. Or, they can spend their time working to access a corporate cloud and gain access to the data from hundreds of thousands of individuals; I feel pretty safe.
Useful PSA but what does it have to do with hacking phones?
I don't leave valuables in my car anyway. Not because I expect to be the target of a thief with the antennas and equipment to trigger and clone my key fob, but because bricks are much more common.
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You, in premise, agree with my post but are claiming that your information can be recovered quickly. It will still be compromised by the thief! One doesn't used bricks to steal a car when sly capturing and changing the keyfob will do the trick. I don't leave anything in my vehicle either other than some old CD's that make me happy when I listen to them.
Pack all you want on your phone and carry it with you everywhere, that's your choice. Many of us don't want that option and the card works. Leaving a cell phone poolside while swimming is a bizarre plan in my mind.