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iPhone that fell from hole in Alaska 737 MAX flight is found, still open to Mail

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Post by rob74 »

planb wrote: post #161
elzbardico wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Non technical users do some things that we don't even dream about doing, like setting auto-lock to "Never". EDIT: I see some people got offended with the bit about Non-Technical users and downvoted me to Hades. I apologize. Not everyone is paranoid like me.

I have auto lock disabled, because I'm the one to decide when I don't need to look at my screen anymore. But that's different from not requiring faceid/passcode upon unlock.

Same for me - has worked for a few years now. The only hitch is when I allow someone else to use the phone and they just put it down after use expecting the screen to lock automatically, which it won't...

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Post by Daneel_ »

Shank wrote: post #210
imgabe wrote: post #163

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It's crazy to me that the phone hasn't locked automatically. Do people really walk around with their phones set to never lock and turn the screen off? Mine times out after 5 minutes.

I disable auto-lock. The primary reason for this is that I’m extremely intentional about using my phone. If I have some content open, I don’t want the screen turning off. This is an atypical choice, but I always lock when I’m done and don’t encounter any issues from this choice.

Precisely. I’ll choose when to lock the screen - what if I’m using it to read a recipe, or looking up documentation, or I have a map on screen? Etc etc.

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Post by danielfoster »

imgabe wrote: post #163
neilv wrote: post #91

I would've preferred that the identifying information of the person had been edited out. The phone's owner experienced a traumatic incident. Which furthermore is under investigation. Posting some kind of photo feels OK, however, since finding the phone is arguably newsworthy. And the Twitter poster says that it was open to that email, suggesting that they didn't go snooping through the phone. A little privacy redacti…

It's crazy to me that the phone hasn't locked automatically. Do people really walk around with their phones set to never lock and turn the screen off? Mine times out after 5 minutes.

Most people don’t expect their phones to be sucked out of airplanes.

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Post by Daneel_ »

addandsubtract wrote: post #174
imgabe wrote: post #163

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's crazy to me that the phone hasn't locked automatically. Do people really walk around with their phones set to never lock and turn the screen off? Mine times out after 5 minutes.

The tweet said there was a broken off charging plug still in the phone. Maybe that kept it unlocked?

Some of us intentionally disable autolock - I know I have it off because I can’t stand the screen automatically turning off on me when I’m using it for reference material.

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Post by Libcat99 »

FirmwareBurner wrote: post #214
0xEF wrote: post #212

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As a rule, if the security feature creates even the slightest bit of inconvenience when using the device, you can bet your bippy that about half the user population will turn said feature off.

Some people install dumny seat belt defeat devices.

Or ride with the damn bell ringing the whole time.

I have a co worker who I won't ride with anymore simply because of that.

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Post by Vingdoloras »

Shank wrote: post #210
imgabe wrote: post #163

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's crazy to me that the phone hasn't locked automatically. Do people really walk around with their phones set to never lock and turn the screen off? Mine times out after 5 minutes.

I disable auto-lock. The primary reason for this is that I’m extremely intentional about using my phone. If I have some content open, I don’t want the screen turning off. This is an atypical choice, but I always lock when I’m done and don’t encounter any issues from this choice.

Same here. I get irritated when I see people put down their phone without locking it, only to realize theirs will auto-lock.

That said, from now on I'll probably have auto-lock turned on when flying.

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Post by urbandw311er »

smcleod wrote: post #156
azinman2 wrote: post #154

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But how many on that flight?

Just going by the numbers I’d assume over 40% of the Vietnamese on the flight.

You mean that 40% of the flight was Vietnamese, right? Because I don't think you'd fit 40% of the Vietnamese on a single plane.

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Post by logifail »

danielfoster wrote: post #223
imgabe wrote: post #163

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's crazy to me that the phone hasn't locked automatically. Do people really walk around with their phones set to never lock and turn the screen off? Mine times out after 5 minutes.

Most people don’t expect their phones to be sucked out of airplanes.

> Most people don’t expect their phones to be sucked out of airplanes.

Most people don't expect a stranger to post photos of their phone's screen on the Internet either.

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Post by aaron695 »

neilv wrote: post #91

I would've preferred that the identifying information of the person had been edited out. The phone's owner experienced a traumatic incident. Which furthermore is under investigation. Posting some kind of photo feels OK, however, since finding the phone is arguably newsworthy. And the Twitter poster says that it was open to that email, suggesting that they didn't go snooping through the phone. A little privacy redacti…

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Post by jack_riminton »

xivzgrev wrote: post #113

This isn’t surprising - there was a wired story about phones surviving from planes back in 2011 (1) The gist is that it’s a light object and due to that + broad shape, its terminal velocity is not very high. Coupled that with the mass and there’s not a lot of force on landing. Of course the phone itself is fragile so it might not take a lot of force to break. Still, as long as it lands on something soft it might be o…

Well, it is quite surprising
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