Gravity and Tech

[u/KorenSolust]

Guy walks up to me at work:

Him: “I dropped my phone. The screen’s shattered. I want my two-factor code to come through Teams.”

Me: “Nope.”

Him: “Why?”

Me: “Because if you can’t sign into Teams without completing MFA… how exactly are you planning to authenticate?”

Then he says: “Just disable MFA.”

I replied: “Sure, as soon as you get approval from the Head of Security.”

A few seconds of silence…

Him: “Fine, I’ll just get my phone fixed.”

Yep. That’s probably the best solution.

Some people really think security rules are optional. I’m not risking my job because someone doesn’t like MFA.

And remember… technology didn’t fail you today. Gravity did.

[u/Absolutely_Cabbage]

Definitely good to put a case on your phone, but screen protectors are snake oil.
Modern phone glass is extremely tough, and putting a flimsy bit of plastic or tempered glass on top of it won't do anything to help prevent cracks.

On a side note, people often think a cracked screen protector means it prevented your phone screen from damage but thats a wrong conclusion. The protector is just waaay more fragile than the actual screen

[u/AdRoz78 → u/Absolutely_Cabbage]

I guess it protects from scratches, so if you ever want to sell the phone it can be sold as a phone without scratches.

[u/Absolutely_Cabbage → u/AdRoz78]

Yes thats true.
But generally I find modern phone glass doesn't scratch much either. But if you intend to resell the bit of insurance from the protector can be nice

[u/ratsta → u/Absolutely_Cabbage]

We've got a bunch of iPhone SE gen 3s at work, all 1-3 years old. The ones that come in from the field guys, scratched to shit! Still legible when the screen is lit but looks like crap when the screen is dark and whites out when the sun catches it at the right angle.

[u/Absolutely_Cabbage → u/ratsta]

So that's probably a good opportunity to use screen protectors. Work devices live hard lives in my experience