All my finances are available using my phone.
I can pay, transfer, buy etc. etc. with either of two credit cards, neither of which have a particularly high limit intentionally, but still more than I would like to lose.
Obviously I have Google Pay and other similar, but NFC is not on by default (most of the countries I'm in don't use it much).
I don't do anything these days which would make me any kind of targeted risk.
Obviously phone could be lost or stolen, and about the phone itself I care not a jot.
My 2 SIM cards are protected by 2 different 4 digit PINs.
The phone is protected by a 6 digit PIN.
Every APP of any import has dual authorisation - typically my fingerprint and a 6 digit PIN, sometimes a complex password instead of the PIN.
Once in an app any transaction will require additional authorisation, always my fingerprint, sometimes a password or a code sent to me, sometimes the use of an authorisation app. Which will also be protected.
I mostly feel pretty safe and secure. Today though I had a glitch which turned out to be nothing but gave me a jolt.
My phone is the authorisation centre of my life, there's seven tenths of f.all on my computer.
Am I being unwise or is this just the world we face now?
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