• anaesidemus [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    because it's in my pocket? anyway, my main point is that it's not necessarily bourgeois decadence to own a watch, unless it's some fancy rolex or a techbro spy machine

    • Catherine_Steward [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      because it’s in my pocket?

      inputting your password is a stronger barrier than taking it out of your pocket though

        • Catherine_Steward [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          i really dont understand whats so difficult to get about this. it takes more time and effort to enter a password than it does to remove your phone from your pocket.

          • anaesidemus [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            let's take it back to the beginning, because Mao tells us to do things thoroughly.

            I want to check the time:

            I have a cheap watch = I see the time and I go about my day

            I use my phone = I see the time and oh, a notification, or, hmm I wonder if something is happening on hexbear, let's check since the phone is already in my hand (I use fingerprint so it's easy for me)

            That is my experience, I can see that yours might be different and that's fine.

          • chicken_pizza [comrade/them]
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            3 years ago

            i've got my lockscreen code in the muscle memory (also my phone has a fingerprint reader so it's even faster), whereas pulling out the phone is hard because i've got big hands and they get stuck in my pockets lol

            • Catherine_Steward [she/her]
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              3 years ago

              (also my phone has a fingerprint reader so it’s even faster)

              im going to quote the part where i advised against this

              password protect your phone, you arent required to give cops a password (unlike biometrics)

              it was based on this premise (that you are being smart with your security by not using biometrics) that i said it is more difficult to unlock your phone than to pull it out of your pocket