#1934: Phone Security

XKCD comic, described below.
Transcript

[The content of a configuration screen on a smartphone is shown. All items listed are activated as indicated by green switches.]

Security Options

  • Passcode to unlock (Set Code)
  • Erase phone after ten failed unlock attempts

If stolen, phone can be remotely

  • Tracked
  • Erased
  • Detonated

  • If phone is stolen, erase data and play an earsplitting siren until the battery dies or is removed

If phone is stolen, do a fake factory reset. Then, in the background...

  • ...constantly request dozens of simultaneous rideshares to the phone's location
  • ...automatically order food to phone's location from every delivery place within 20 miles
  • ...if thief logs in to Facebook, send hostile messages to all their family members
  • ...automatically direct self-driving car to drive toward phone's location at 5 mph
  • ...take photos of random objects at the thief's address and post them as "free" on Craigslist and Nextdoor


(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)

Title text:...wait until they type in payment information, then use it to order yourself a replacement phone.


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