#1934: Phone Security
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[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.