Phone locking fascinates me...

I do not lock mine, but it seems as if everyone does!

Results (132 votes counted so far):
Do you lock your phone (and use a code or Face ID), or do you just raw dog life with out locking it?
112	(85%)
		I routinely lock my phone always
4	(3%)
		I sometimes lock my phone
16	(12%)
		I do not lock my phone ever
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Not only yes, but hell yes.

With iPhone face ID lock/unlock is virtually automatic.

It occasionally requires entering the lock code manually to prevent me from forgetting it.

Yes, just like my doors, I lock them behind me no mater which side I am on.

Absolutely, you get your phone stolen and most of the time it's resold to black market people who try and hack into it to steal any and all information about you, credit cards, phone numbers, addresses, messages that might have personal information that is sellable.

If it's unlocked they can brick the data, reset the phone to factory specs and then sell it to someone.

I never really thought about it as my phone locks itself when inactive.

And when I pick it up, a light touch w/ my finger print on the power button/print scanner (right about where my finger rests while holding it) unlocks it w/ minimal effort.

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Not only yes, but hell yes.

Unless your phone is being use only as a dumb phone, crazy not to.

Contacts, and apps with logins saved, etc. are all at risk. Oh you have email there as well - that's the golden key for thieves to overtake your entire financial and person world before you even know it.

I work for someone, incredibly smart, who does not. I've yet to have anyone give me a logical argument for why you wouldn't in today's world and the lack of friction it creates for the proper owner to use it.

No, because I own a dumb phone, just voice calls and texts. No data or WiFi, no apps. I have no documents in it, some photos of grocery items, that's it.

The question should really be, why in the world would you not lock your phone? Do you not lock your car? Your house?

In one thriller I read, the “operators” cut off a finger of the terrorist they just killed so they could unlock the phone they recovered from the body. I don’t know how they knew which finger to take, perhaps everyone uses the same one, but I found the idea interesting. It didn’t affect what I do, though, because I use a multi-digit code to unlock mine—no fingerprint or face ID—and I lock it every time I’m finished using it.

(Using the code is of course slower. It takes me probably two seconds or so to enter the numbers—practically forever, so I can see how most people wouldn’t want to put up with such inconvenience. )

Both my personal phone and work phone automatically lock. My work phone, I have zero choice on whether or not the phone locks as IT has removed that option.

I - or someone finding me incapacitated - can swipe with my finger to dial 911 or those I've designated emergency contacts, but other than that, PIN code. This comes after leaving a previous phone unlocked and "butt-dialing" people.

Face ID works for me!

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Originally posted by 12131:
The question should really be, why in the world would you not lock your phone? Do you not lock your car? Your house?

I do not use my phone for banking, purchases or ANY financial stuff. Calls, texting and pictures only. Very rarely, some surfing but NOT buying things on-line. Ever.

So no, it's a pain in the ass to have to enter the unlock code just because I want to read/send a text.

If my phone got stolen/lost, I'd be pissed about the pictures, but otherwise, they'd get nothing but an old phone.

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Originally posted by egregore:
I - or someone finding me incapacitated - can swipe with my finger to dial 911 or those I've designated emergency contacts, but other than that, PIN code. This comes after leaving a previous phone unlocked and "butt-dialing" people.

iPhones and I believe Androids also have a medical ID feature. Paramedics know how to enable it, and it contains helpful information like prescriptions, allergies, blood type, etc.

My flip phone makes calls and receives calls, that's it. No texts, no internet, nothing else. Also, it's a burner. There is no account associated with it.

Webster's definition: Telephone; "a device by which sound (such as speech) is converted into electrical impulses and transmitted (as by wire or radio waves) to one or more specific receivers"

That's what I use it for. No, I don't lock it. Don't even know if it has that feature.

Yup. Pin code only, no face ID, no fingerprint.

Yes, lock with only allow unlock with a passcode. Facial and biometric locks are not legally protected in the same way as a passcode.

I voted sometimes, because my phone is set to auto lock after 30 seconds on inactivity. After every update I go through the extra button pushes to tell Apple I’m not using Face ID or Touch ID. Multi digit code to unlock, thank you.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:
they'd get nothing but an old phone.

One of the (few) advantages to being old in this day and age is that not all of us were ever convinced to store our most important life information on a device capable of being carried in a pants pocket and can be lost, destroyed, or stolen in an instant’s mischance. I understand why people do it, but understanding isn’t agreeing that it’s a good idea.

I always lock my phone, but also have a couple emergency contacts that can be accessed without unlocking the phone. This is also very helpful if you lose your phone. I’ve returned many phones this way. We also get the situations where someone sets their phone on their car that falls off into the road, activating the iPhone Crash Notification. That sends an alert to Police, Fire, and ambulance, who all respond code 3 to find a phone in the road. When we find it, we return it much faster with emergency contacts, but I also will collect the phone and charge it if I can and keep it with me until the end of shift hoping someone tracks it or calls it so I can return it instead of booking it at the end of shift.