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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android
Subject: Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot?
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 08:57:23 +0200
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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.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.