Assuming the thief want both the phone and the data (because data / your identity is very valuable these days).

  • MagicShel@lemmy.zip
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    4 days ago

    They would have to turn on airplane mode quick while they were running because as soon as it has data, I’d have their location and my phone would’ve already been marked lost / stolen by my watch and queued for factory reset.

    While in airplane mode there really wouldn’t be much they could do. Anything useful is locked by Face ID. They could see my calendar and my most boring emails. They would have no passwords.

    The phone itself would be useless as a phone as it couldn’t be used in another carrier.

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      4 days ago

      I mean, that’s kinda the point of this question: How quickly can you issue a wipe command to your phone?

      If you only have one phone no backup phones, now quickly can you access a internet device to issue a wipe command? And will you even remember the google/apple account password quickly enough in such a stressful moment?