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Re:What happens to a smartphone when it gets stolen? by josephcsible on Sunday December 11, 2022 @09:33PM (#33950185)
> I do not use my phone for payments, banking apps, or tickets/passes whenever I can get away with it.

Which is becoming less and less often in my experience. I was recently at an event that used SeatGeek for ticketing, and the only way they'd give you tickets was digitally through an iOS or Android app.

Re:What happens to a smartphone when it gets stolen? by CatWChainsaw on Monday December 12, 2022 @02:43PM (#33959192)
Hence why a person basically needs to be cyborg to function in modern society, via phone. You are not a person unless you are effectively part machine. So stretching the analogy as far as it will go, phone theft should be considered dismemberment, or organ harvesting or trafficking.