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On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 16:48:54 +0000 (UTC), Lewis
<g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

>In message <d0hs5s...@mid.individual.net> 
>  Catriona R <catrion...@totalise.co.uk> wrote:
>> Hmm, ok, I didn't know you could save codes far in advance, it sounded
>> like something you had to do immediately before changing stuff. Never
>> used it, nor intend to, as I think it's way too risky putting stuff on
>> my phone that I wouldn't like anyone else to have access to.
>
>I guess that is true if you don't have a password on your phone.

I don't, since there's nothing on it that matters, but even if I did,
I don't think they're a lot of use if someone's determined to access
your data; there's always ways and means, even if something's
supposedly uncrackable *now*, doesn't mean it will be forever. And I'm
not rich enough to upgrade to the latest and greatest tech every other
month just to stay ahead of the risks ;-)

>> I know mobile banking, shopping and the like is popular, but I won't
>> do it, too much chance of losing my phone/having it stolen. (Yeah,
>> it's never happened yet, but if it did, I'd rather just have lost a
>> heap of game saves and nothing more valuable!)
>
>I wouldn't put any financial information on an Android phone since their
>security has proved to be ephemeral many times, but I have no hesitation
>about putting my entire life on my iPhone. And yes, I even use my iPhone
>to deposit checks, transfer funds, and even put in sell orders on my
>stocks.

Your call, there's no way I'd do that, since I don't believe any OS is
entirely secure, and given the inflated price of Apple products,
they'll be rather lucrative targets for the more determined hackers.
I'd be highly sceptical of them remaining secure forever. That said,
it'd take a fair amount of bad luck to lose a phone and have it fall
into the hands of someone who knows how to get into it!