I have a strange relatonship to phones. I change them, when they
break. This just happened again to me:
9 days ago my current phone refused to charge and I sent it in for
repair. It was unrepairable. At the end of this week I will receive
the replacement unit from warranty.
That is 2 weeks without a phone. This is a real hassle.
#mobilePhones #phones #waranty #life #authentication #unpaid #hassle
Nowadays phones are not only for telephony but are very deeply
integrated in our lives. People pay with them have their calendar,
notes, contacts, communication and huge parts of their everyday life
organized in this single point of failure.
I am luckily still using computers. This whole situation restricted my
life nevertheless a lot. I had to print train and concert tickets that
I had on my phone.
I could not use every service I am using with "Two
factor authentication", because not all allow me to use my yubikey as
second factor or provide recovery codes for TOTP.
I have been reachable to friends and family only via signal and e-mail
when using my computer. What about doctors or other people that try to
reach you via phone?
For the time being you need a backup phone that you can use in case
yours gets lost/destroyed. You will have to charge the backup phone
from time to time, that the battery does not die. You will need a
second SIM card for that device. Also you will have to sync some data
to it.
Owning and using a phone feels like an unpaid job.
momo
Wemk (il)
Matthias