Community Chat

[jlkz]

Wherever I go, I see young folks in tight jeans or slacks walking around with big cell phones jammed into their back pockets.  Have often wondered what would happen if a thief walked / ran by and simply grabbed that phone....

And then, there are the women who are so engrossed in their cell phone conversation that they are oblivious to their surroundings and anyone who could harm them....or their cell phone.

What are they all thinking ?  Do they think they are immune from being robbed ?  

[Imaoldhippie]

@beach-mom .......How does your friend write checks if she has no bank?  Since your friend will not give you a straight and honest answer I would question the truthfulness of her claim.

Never mind I misread about the bank.

[Sunshine Kate]

I don't use apps on my phone at all - anymore.  

A few years ago had 2 medical apps on my phone and both of them (different facilities), were hacked.  

Not only are apps not safe, they use memory on my Apple phone. 

[gidgetgh]

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@Imaoldhippie wrote:

@beach-mom .......How does your friend write checks if she has no bank?  Since your friend will not give you a straight and honest answer I would question the truthfulness of her claim.

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@Imaoldhippie - I'm not sure but I think she meant that her friend doesn't have a bank card- debit card.

[Imaoldhippie]

@gidgetgh ...........Now that you mention it that sounds more plausible.  I do think that is what she meant.  Thank you for the clarification.

[MorningLover]

I've been following this Independent photographer & reporter on X.

Viral News NYC on X

Scooter Robbery Crew In NYC. 

East Village NYC and Lower East Side residents. One of the scooter robbery crews has been hitting up your area and robbing phones and other items again. They would ride up beside you, snatch your phone right out of your hand, and take it before you even know what happened.

Then, the scooters would drive over the bridge back into Brooklyn. Cops have tracked multiple stolen phones back to a certain location. This same pattern is happening in other locations.

The way one of the ring leaders would work is. They have some kind of group chat. The leader would put out a hit on what kind of phones he was looking for. The gang would hit the streets and rob people for their phone.

They would bring back the phones and the leader would hack them and take all the info off of them. They would ring up tons of money on credit cards and send the phones back to certain countries. This is organized crime.

[beckyb1012]

No phone banking or shopping.  Also do not do any bill paying ect... on my PC.  I shop only on my PC or brick and mortar.  I do not travel around my day with my phone attached to me.  It amazes me how many ot the women on my floor at work take their cell phones to the ladies room with them.  Give yourself 5 minutes please.  I have taken several to offices to find the owner who left them behind to get back to their office.

I can see where this type of theft could definitely happen in many areas. 

[Venezia]

@Love to Run - Just because some people choose not to have all their personal information on a cell phone, doesn't mean they're living in the Dark Ages.

It just means they make different choices for how to protect that information.

After 25 years in I.T., I make my own decisions about what I will or will not use.  But I don't live in the Dark Ages; far from it.

[Venezia]

@Marp - No, I don't sync my PC browser information with my cell phone.

[chrystaltree]

I don't know where that's coming from.  It's kind of funny and I'll informed.  Scammers do not need your physical phone to get it or to plant malicious software.  They can do it electronically in a numbers of different ways.  Usually when you click on an unsafe link or when you click on an ad or when you click on one of those pop up banners.  This is 2024 not 2014.   I'm not sure what you trying to say.  Yes we must protect ourselves in many different ways but that has ALWAYS been the case.  I remember when handbag snatching was a big risk.  It happened to my elderly aunt back in the day.  House break ins to steal existed from the time humans moved into houses.  There has never been a crime free time or place on this planet and there never will be.  No one wants to hide from life and avoid all the wonderful things technology has given us.  We just have to be as diligent as possible.  I'm in my 60s and I marvel at all the wonderful almost miraculous things in my life.  My smart phone and my tablet are invaluable to me.  My friend recently shared that she had breakfast with her 90 year old dad every morning.  He loves 300 miles away.  They Zoom every morning at 7am using their smartphones.  They eat their breakfasts and chat and she gets to see for herself how her dad is doing.  I'm sure he feels connected and not alone.