My husband & I discussed how we haven’t always had phones or computers so we know what it’s like to live without them and look at them a bit differently than younger gens. They are a tool, not something that we’ve always had and “need” but rather a convenience that we’ve grown to depend on and understand to some extent. We also understand how “Big Brother” technology has made our lives because when we read 1984 in school it hadn’t quite happened yet. We’ve either chosen to accept it or push back. Those that push back would never participate in this anyway because they probably think it’s a government conspiracy.
Then there are the older generations (especially outside of major cities) that have a different perspective on things. Like my mom, for example, she uses Facebook all the time to share memes about how the government wants to take away our guns, how we should protect our country from immigration, and a lot of American flags. She doesnt feel comfortable paying for things online. She would never hand over her phone to a stranger like that and honestly there’s probably nothing on it but a couple of photos taken from Facebook and her call/text history. Again she would never participate in this and probably wishes I wouldn’t either.
But I feel like I don’t keep anything that private on my phone except my bank app that requires I login each time. I don’t really have secrets, but if I did I wouldn’t keep them on my phone. I would be upset if someone deleted it, but everything should be backed up in the cloud. Yes I suppose truly malicious people taking your phone could cause some major inconveniences if they wanted to like screw up your Facebook account or email, but they could do that without having your phone if they were really out to get you. And being the type of person that signs up for this type of thing, it wasn’t a big concern. Yes I was a little uncomfortable at first and hate the idea that I could be inconvenienced by having to recover my data or what if they accidentally drop it because I’ve already paid to replace this one recently when it fell out of my pocket and going to the Apple Store is huge pain in the ass…but no real privacy concerns.
