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Re:The phone ban has had a big impact on school work by swiftcoder on Saturday October 12, 2024 @01:58PM (#41821020)
Weddings in particular seem to have evolved "check your phone at the door" policies. Though perhaps mostly to keep folks from ruining the professional photographers shots by constantly diving into the action with cameraphones/flashes blazing...
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Re:The phone ban has had a big impact on school work by mananaysiempre on Saturday October 12, 2024 @02:59PM (#41821501)
> "check your phone at the door" policies

No, no, no. A device in a (near-)stranger’s unsupervised physical possession for hours is a compromised device. No.

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Re:The phone ban has had a big impact on school work by fnfjfk on Saturday October 12, 2024 @04:03PM (#41822045)
Is your threat model really that people whose wedding you're attending are trying to exploit your phone..?
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Re:The phone ban has had a big impact on school work by kelnos on Saturday October 12, 2024 @03:01PM (#41821519)
Conceptually I like the idea of giving everyone a locking pouch to put the phone in, with the ability to unlock it provided at the end of the event. That way the phone never leaves your person, but is unusable.

But at the same time this sort of thing would also make me kinda annoyed (as I have no problem, generally, keeping my phone in my pocket, on silent, when having it out is inappropriate0.

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Re:The phone ban has had a big impact on school work by ruthmarx on Saturday October 12, 2024 @04:04PM (#41822053)
Not really, not if you secure your phone adequately, which these days is easier than ever.

It's unlikely there will be state actors at this wedding or whatever ready to open up your phone and swap out a chip.

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Re:The phone ban has had a big impact on school work by tylergetsay on Saturday October 12, 2024 @03:03PM (#41821536)
Not really, a phone in first boot not unlocked state is secure against most threat models
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Re:The phone ban has had a big impact on school work by consteval on Monday October 14, 2024 @02:47PM (#41840577)
Okay so leave it in your locked car...
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Re:The phone ban has had a big impact on school work by Der_Einzige on Saturday October 12, 2024 @02:01PM (#41821050)
Do people not have courtesy and decorum anymore??? I won’t give up my phone because I’m not stupid enough to take it out during a ceremony.

I’ve been to several wedding ceremonies of somewhat large size where no one took their phones out, and certainly not for photos.

Did trust in society hit a new low while I wasn’t looking?

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Re:The phone ban has had a big impact on school work by hackable_sand on Saturday October 12, 2024 @06:25PM (#41823253)
Don't invite those people.
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