I don't manage other peoples accounts from my phone.
My passwords are stored in an encrypted file, accessible only by entering my pin.
My email app has a pin lock.
I don't use the browser to login to any important sites like banking sites.
If you get my phone, the most you can do is order something for me on Amazon (it will be shipped to me, else you have to enter your own credit card) or you can mess with my GitHub content.
Considering that both your password and email are protected by pins, why not have a pin on the device too?
Someone installing an app to catch pins that I typed in and then giving me back my phone...then waiting until I typed a pin and stealing my phone again seems like a bit of a hassle. Out of curiosity though - what app in the app store allows you to do this? Or, do they have to jail break my phone to do it?
I'm not really trying to argue that my way is better. I'm just giving my personal point of view. It works for me. I just don't worry about things and shit seems to work out. I leave my house unlocked all the time. Same with my car. I leave the keys in the car when I go into stores.
It's just stuff. Perhaps if someone stole everything from me, I'd be even more free than I am now.
Why would you have to steal it again?
> Or, do they have to jail break my phone to do it?
They will most likely have to jailbreak it.
> I just don't worry about things and shit seems to work out.
Yeah, sure, nobody ever said it happens often, it's for the time it happens that it save you so much trouble.
A friend got his credit card stolen recently, no big deal, I'm in Canada and the bank take all the blame in theses cases. It still was way too much trouble to get a new card because the guy changed his card information and the bank couldn't validate his identity.
It's not always about what you may lose, it's about what may happens to get back from it.
> It's just stuff. Perhaps if someone stole everything from me, I'd be even more free than I am now.
I don't believe you, but good for you if believe it yourself.
This would also have the positive side effect of making it really hard for public employees to engage in corrupt and illicit behavior (which, as we all know, is so rampant that it's practically industry standard at this point).
I think the argument hidden in the headline here is that since this is a device owned by a congressman, and allowed inside this particular meeting, it has information on it that may be confidential, and therefore needs a much stronger password.
My phone has access to my email, phone number, texting.
With these 3 things you can get into my bank account, access to my domains, and into any online account I hold.
Then, personally and professionally, I manage other peoples' accounts, so, with my phone, you can probably social-engineer your way into those as well.
My point is, if you are married, have a job, email, or have other people in your life that you don't want to go through an identity theft crisis, or get hacked, stalked, etc, you should lock your phone.
Maybe you aren't the target, but you are the wide-open back door into their life.