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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot?
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 10:09:09 +0200
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On 2025-06-27 09:52, Your Name wrote:
> On 2025-06-27 06:57:23 +0000, Carlos E.R. said:
>> On 2025-06-26 18:00, Marion wrote:
>>> On Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:42:27 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
>>>>> 
>>>>> Assuming that, my question to you is what do the thieves
>>>>> get?
>>>>> 
>>>>> The answer, certainly, is they got my phone. And, until I
>>>>> cancel the SIM with the carrier, they can make calls.
>>>>> 
>>>>> But what else did they get besides the phone?
>>>> 
>>>> The bank account, for instance, including payments. My health
>>>> records.
>>> 
>>> Hi Carlos,
>>> 
>>> You can shoot me if I ever say anything that's not logically 
>>> sensible, so I understand that for *you*, the thieves get a lot
>>> of private sensitive data (if you don't wipe your phone remotely
>>> and if they can access the device).
>>> 
>>> They get, oh, your bank account, your health records, your
>>> contacts, your photos (with perhaps sensitive EXIF information
>>> embedded), your Wi-Fi access point record, your browser web
>>> histories, your passwords maybe even (if you keep them in a
>>> plain text file), your ICE contact, maybe even your home
>>> address, your map routing information - perhaps to your best 
>>> friend's home in addition to your home, perhaps all your social
>>> media accounts, all your sms/mms messages, your upcoming
>>> calendar appointments, etc.
>>> 
>>> But I didn't ask Andy what they get if they steal his, or your
>>> phone.
>>> 
>>> I asked Andy what do they get if they steal *my* phone.
>> 
>> It is not about you, it is about the majority of the people.
>> 
>> For instance, without a mobile phone I can not access operations
>> with my computer on the bank and several other sites. That's
>> normality.
> 
> "Normality" is not having a mobile phone at all and actually going
> to the bank branch to do your banking.  :-p

Not here.

To go to the bank, we have to request an appointment in advance, using
the computer (or a phone call - good luck with that).

Going to the bank is being actively discouraged.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.