Under what circumstances? That’s a genuine question. I can’t think of a single time in my life I’ve ever handed someone my phone’s internet browser to look up something
phone: showing pictures, letting them read some text, an article, basically anything i would send if we were not sitting next to each other. also letting them navigate when we’re outside with a map. and letting them call or text someone when they don’t have battery or connection.
laptop: mostly playing movies or letting them play games.
it’s usually my friends and they wouldn’t do anything bad with my device, but there was once this one guy in a group who wasn’t really a friend and he looked at my gallery. that taught me a lesson, although he didn’t find anything interesting.
with games and movies on a laptop it’s worse, because that’s sometimes for some kids. luckily they can’t really use my custom linux keybinds.
It only takes a few taps to go from a meme, video, or picture you’re showing someone to the browser.
Didn’t have smart phones when I went to college, but I had some friends who prided themselves on how fast they could get to browser history on an “unattended” laptop, as in, I turned around to talk to someone else for ~60 seconds.
Under what circumstances? That’s a genuine question. I can’t think of a single time in my life I’ve ever handed someone my phone’s internet browser to look up something
phone: showing pictures, letting them read some text, an article, basically anything i would send if we were not sitting next to each other. also letting them navigate when we’re outside with a map. and letting them call or text someone when they don’t have battery or connection.
laptop: mostly playing movies or letting them play games.
it’s usually my friends and they wouldn’t do anything bad with my device, but there was once this one guy in a group who wasn’t really a friend and he looked at my gallery. that taught me a lesson, although he didn’t find anything interesting.
with games and movies on a laptop it’s worse, because that’s sometimes for some kids. luckily they can’t really use my custom linux keybinds.
They usually just send a link that looks like https://www.example.com/reels/funny_meme_compilation_42069?si=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%3D
It only takes a few taps to go from a meme, video, or picture you’re showing someone to the browser.
Didn’t have smart phones when I went to college, but I had some friends who prided themselves on how fast they could get to browser history on an “unattended” laptop, as in, I turned around to talk to someone else for ~60 seconds.
Probably have to identify at least a hundred crosswalks too.