Not specifically in case I lose my phone, but I now turn on two factor authentication where I can, if there is potentially sensitive data at stake. It makes logging onto some sites a bit more tedious but I feel it's a lot safer.
I also don't actively use Facebook (though I still have an account) and manage to get through each day. More so since my daughter's FB was hacked and FB do not offer any assistance even when your account has been hijacked and "you" are broadcasting near-illegal stuff for all your friends and rellies to see, ostensibly from you.
I thought I read that face alone isn't a particularly safe form of security but I can't remember where or why. Maybe they can just hold your pic in front of your camera. Could well be out of date info/complete garbage.
Again not related to loss of phone but I have enabled notifications of transactions on my main bank account & credit card, and also set the limits of each type of transaction to a low number where I can. Also prevented certain usages where I can (e.g. Revolut you can disable stripe/internet/ATM and you can implement location based security so you can't do a card cash transaction in somewhere other than your current location.) Not infallible but it all helps.
Different, complex, passwords for each institution. Usual old stuff really.
ADDENDUM: Just read a bit about face. If it's FaceID you use with Apple that appears to be infrared which is regarded as a bit safer than a regular camera. (Obv needs your phone to have an infrared camera which some/all? iPhones do).
Last edited by: smokie on Tue 27 Feb 24 at 17:05
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