Losing a smartphone today can have a profound impact on people’s lives. You lose your ability to pay for things (unless you have physical cards with you); you lose access to your email/bank/github/etc. accounts protected by 2FA so you may not be able to work; you may lose your airline/train tickets (unless you have a physical copy with you) so you may not be able to travel.
Maybe it’s time for more severe punishments for phone theft? The slap on the wrist thieves get today doesn’t seem like much of a deterrent, especially compared to the outsized harm this kind of crime causes to the victim as we rely more and more on smartphones for authentication.
Maybe it’s time for more severe punishments for phone theft? The slap on the wrist thieves get today doesn’t seem like much of a deterrent, especially compared to the outsized harm this kind of crime causes to the victim as we rely more and more on smartphones for authentication.