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I have a lot of info on my phone and I’d be screwed if it were stolen.  What are your plans for a stolen phone?  Any apps installed to locate the stolen phone, any apps to turn phone off remotely?  What are your plans?

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It’s always a good idea to have an app on your phone that prevents people from accessing the information on it without permission, and that can help you find it if you lose it…or turn it off – wipe it – if it is stolen.

Too many people never set up this feature because they never think they could possibly lose their phone, but it’s just common sense to do it.

The same holds true for any tablets you might have. I have several tablets (the result of uncoordinated gift giving at Christmas!) and I have passwords on them all, plus an app to let me find them or wipe them as the case may be.

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thethunderchild said
It’s always a good idea to have an app on your phone that prevents people from accessing the information on it without permission, and that can help you find it if you lose it…or turn it off – wipe it – if it is stolen.

Too many people never set up this feature because they never think they could possibly lose their phone, but it’s just common sense to do it.

The same holds true for any tablets you might have. I have several tablets (the result of uncoordinated gift giving at Christmas!) and I have passwords on them all, plus an app to let me find them or wipe them as the case may be.

There’s also a great app, lookout I think, that will take a picture of whoever has stolen your phone while they’re looking at it and email it to whatever address you want.

 

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My smartphone is assiciated with an insurance regarding potential theft

In the case it happens, I can monitor its movement through Plan B and alert the authorities

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