Surely you don't carry your phone everywhere?

[SEmyarse]

Every time there's a discussion about civil liberties, for instance at the moment with ID cards, people always say, why are you worried they can track you by your phone anyway. But that implies that people are always carrying their phones.

I have a phone, I have to for work, and it's very useful outside work as well. I sometimes use it for navigation, and on certain instances I might take it with me if there's a chance I'll need to liaise with someone while out. Super helpful technology.

But surely people aren't taking it to the shops, or on the school run, or out for a walk in the countryside?

Yes, mine is insured. That’s pretty basic stuff.

And I have a wrist strap attached to it, so anyone snatching it is going to get me tagging along as well.

Who’s not taking their phone everywhere with them in this day and age?! I got a a Nokia brick aged 14 in 1999 and have taken it everywhere since. Especially if I’m travelling by car… what if you were to break down?!

Let’s hope you don’t get burgled then as your insurance won’t cover you!!

An I see you don’t have insurance. Ah well. You should definitely have it though. What if there was an electrical fault that caused a fire?? Due to one of your devices not due to the household electrics that the landlord was responsible for?

As for phone carrying. Can’t recall a time I’ve not taken it purposefully. I did forget once and got to work and panicked a little. My kids always text me - pick me up, send me money, forgotten this, going somewhere after school. I am their emergency contact. And from experience they don’t ring my work - I got about 6 missed calls from school and 2 annoyed voicemails one day saying to ring urgently. I was teaching and I’m not allowed my phone on in class so left it in my office whilst I went class to class with my lessons. I didn’t remind them they could call my school who would tannoy me or find me.

I use my phone to buy things. Rarely take my purse these days. Sat in Greggs having a brew paid for by points on the app which is only accessible on my phone. Lots of loyalty things are only on phones now. Had too many cards anyway I would often leave those behind.

I actually have a separate work phone. So I end up carrying 2. But our team are often out and about in different schools so they might what’s app on personal phones as many cars only allow one to be on hands free at a time so tend to use personal for that.

I also like to have it in case of an accident- I needed to call breakdown once on my own. I actually once got pulled over by the police who wanted proof my car was insured and taxed (it was but I’d just bought it and system wasn’t updated) so I was able to show proof on my phone by logging into insurance app.

Apple/google pay is more secure than your card. I’ve had to stop a card on the app when my daughter lost hers one day whilst out. We got notifications as well that it was being used.

A lot of car parks are now pay by phone only. It’s a pain and different apps but easier than not having change.

So many reasons. And I’m 48 and have kept my phone on me since I bought one at 20!! I keep it on silent these days as I get annoyed at pinging. My watch usually vibrates so I know if I’ve got any messages.

My daughter’s bus pass is on her phone. Apparently last year their college had an app on their phone to let you in and out of doors - they changed to ID cards on lanyards this year though as I suspect students with dead phones meant it caused an issue.

You don't lock the door? Where do you live?

Always have a first aid kit in the car. If on a day trip, one in the backpack

If you live alone why would you lock the bathroom door? If you don't surely you would only need to shout for help and someone would come to your aid?

I had to teach my DP that locking your house is a normal thing to do. He's slowly learning. He would take his phone everywhere, sometimes his keys, hardly ever his wallet as he pays with his phone (though I've pointed out he might need a back up)

Closer to 20 years actually - the first iPhone was released in 2007

Sure, I had an iPod back then so saw no point in them. I had some kind of Nokia with a big qwerty keypad. Then after iTunes I didn't want anything further to do with Apple products and got a Samsung S 😅

I didn't lock it, just closed it.