I have a smart phone - a Samsung. Wanna know how many finance and banking apps I have on my phone? Not a one. NADA. Zero. Why? It's simple. The technology behind that phone is so far advnaced beyond my capabilies, it's scary. Sure - I have FB and a few other things like weather apps and sports stuff, but nothing that involves my money - anywhere, in any form.
It makes me crazy to watch these fuckin' kids buying a Slurpee and cupcakes and paying for it with ApplePay or some other banking app. Ya know - most of 'em have a password memory thing too, so they don't have to access the roadblocks put there to protect them.
Lose your phone? You are F-U-K-T. Next thing ya know, all your money went to a crypto account in Belize or some shit.
Here's the original article that headline came from. If you do own an iPhone, ya might wanna take a look.
Here's a side note for ya. Pretty much any time you see me post something I've 'lifted' online and re-worked or crafted to my use here - like that headline, it's linked to the original article, so you can go to the original that way also. That's how I protect myself from being called a thief of copyrighted materials. I credit the author or publisher that way.
Same for me here, a 75 year old geezer. I bought a new S25 just this week, but have not activated any of the many dangerous 'features'. I don't even have my screen locked: there's nothing on there that anyone could want.
ReplyDeleteI was a hacker back in 1979 (it was my job), I embarrassed the sh.t out of IBM who was lying to its customers about their security: mission accomplished. I learned a lesson back then: ANYONE with enough effort and talent and brains (that I used to have back then 😂 ) CAN and WILL be able to break into a computer system.
Now and again I am asked if I have my data backed up. I reply, "Absolutely, and I can read it with a candle".
ReplyDeleteI don't have any financial apps on my phone either because of the simple fact that computers are no longer a hacker's number one target, smart phones are! I also don't allow my computer to remember passwords.
ReplyDeletePeople really put their banking on their phones? Freaking hilarious.
ReplyDeleteThe only money apps I have are on my desktop PC, and I'm sure that one of these days, it's gonna smoke and that will bite me square in the ass.
ReplyDeleteI keep my smart phone as dumb as possible when it comes to money.
I agree, I have a Motorola smart phone and no banking apps on it. I've never used it to log into any of my financial accounts either. You loose it and you're screwed!
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