Surely you don't carry your phone everywhere?

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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?

😂😂Good one!
yeah I don't get you OP, always lock my door and take keys and phone with me.

I don't use my desktop a lot but I use my laptop all the time. No way am I using my phone to look at websites, do surveys etc on a stupid small screen

Op, you must have the privilege of good health. You must also have family with good health. No worries about children being rushed to a&e.

I would never go for a walk in the countryside or anywhere without my phone easily accessible. I got my first cell phone precisely so I could call in an emergency from wherever I might be.

my phone is always within arms reach.

Jeez, well I'm younger than you both and I didn't even own a mobile phone 20years ago!

I've never taken a phone everywhere, didn't when I first got one, still don't now.

I do. It holds my payment cards and is also my camera whilst out on walks. If family need me they can get in touch. Great when I get lost too.

Yes, take mine everywhere, especially on country walks and hikes. It has maps if you get lost, you can call if there's an emergency .... Why wouldn't you take it for safety as much as anything?

I think this is a very healthy attitude.
I do take my phone everywhere, as does my 80 year old DM because we have adopted technology and find it useful rather than seeing it as an inconvenience or a threat.

I don't lock my door either! I have a big dog and my house isn't on a main street so no one walks directly by it. I'm more at risk of losing my keys than being robbed (not that I have much actually worth stealing).

I do take my phone everywhere but only because I have kids so I need them to be able to contact me in an emergency.

I don't use it to pay in shops or for that much, really. I have physical cards to pay or collect points. Had an amazing time away for a couple of days with no phone signal, sooo relaxing (details were left for the people who owned the land so any emergencies they would have been able to tell me).

Never without my phone, mine isn’t clunky despite being in a super rugged case. It’s on charge whenever it is in the car so battery rarely low. I use it to pay for practically everything, all my loyalty cards are on it etc and I do almost everything online via apps.

I live rurally where noone locks their doors but I still take my phone! It logs my steps, maps my routes on horses and foot. I just can’t live without it.

It's usually in my handbag so it goes with me by default. But it's not always charged.

I don't take my purse/cards/cash to work though.

I take my phone everywhere for the reasons I previously mentioned.

I reply to non-urgent messages when I have the time and energy. The phone is there for my convenience, not someone else’s.

Some of us live in places where you can do that. Our car keys never come out of the ignition at home. We have been away for the weekend and left the back door open not just unlocked and i have no idea where the front door keys are. As for taking a phone that's a rarity.

It's the only thing I always have on me. I use it to pay for stuff. I don't have a key as we have a digital lock.

I carry mine everywhere, What's the point of it if it's at home and I'm out?

So super rural?

Do you by any chance have a desktop computer? I loathe doing complex maneuvers or money stuff on a small screen and like to do it peacefully while sitting in front of al large screen on a better protected device. So I don't feel I need my phone 24/7. Also I'm in a country which hasn't forced everybody on to their phone to do their banking and where credit cards and even cash are more accepted and acceptable.

I rarely go anywhere without my phone. If I'm not actually using it,it's in my handbag, and if I go out anywhere,I always take my handbag with me as it's also got my keys,purse, travel pass in it.

This seems like a really weird humble brag

Oh, think of us boring mundanes who carry our phones with us! How very-ordinary of us!🤣🤣

I know 2 people (we are all 60+) who don't carry their phone with them and its a bloody pain in the arse for other people, verging on the rude. If you are planning to meet you can't tell them of any change of plan and nor can they tell you if they are running late etc
So you end up sitting in a cafe for 20 mins thinking...have they forgotten? or been run over?

I love my phone more than my husband and take it everywhere with me. It even comes into the shower so I can watch/listen to stuff 😂

Ever since I had children in the late 90s I've always kept my phone with me. They're now adults so it's less necessary but I've also got an elderly mother with health issues so I like to be contactable whenever/wherever needed.

I take it everywhere. Never take any cards or anything like that. Far easier.

No, I don't. I'll take it if I am going out for the whole day, but not, for example, if I'm going to the supermarket. I often forget to pick it up, or to check it for messages. It just isn't very central to my life. I use my laptop to access the internet. The phone is used for texts and calls and unexpected photographs (I take a camera with me if photography is expected to be part of my day) and occasionally I will use the sat nav on it.

It's absolutely fine for you to choose not to have your phone with you or leave your doors unlocked and not have insurance (?! to the last one). But whats odd is suggesting you are surprised that other people do have their phones with them. Just watching tv or being out in town or in the cinema or pub etc. you'd know how prevalent phone use is. And it doesn't take much imagination to have a good idea why they do. Parents need to be contactable by schools or nursery, partners message about arrangements or updates on times, self employed people need to be contactable, people pay contactless via it, unforeseen circumstances or emergencies etc.
I'm in my 60s and go out and about with just keys and phone. They go in my pocket so I don't feel weighed down at all. Far freer than the days when a handbag of some sort was the norm!
Your need to carry nothing is much more unusual than simply having a phone about you.