> ... you may have to think both about protecting your data by technical means, ...

I thought about that. And I came to the conclusion that a phone is a pathetically bad device to both store your data and to access your data. Mediocre screen. Mediocre input methods. Moreover most phones happen to also be spying device.

So if you think about "protecting your data", a reasonable idea is that a lot of data is way better kept on your homelab, with say encrypted backups in a safe at the bank, at a relative's place, on a server you rent, etc., rather than on your phone. And there's really little need to access your data from your phone.

Oh and I'm no luddite: I've got a homelab, I rent servers, I pay three AI subscriptions, etc.

But my phone is boring. There's no app on it besides the stock ones (say Google Maps) and then I added the Google Authenticator app (for stuff still using that kind of 2FA).

If people were to wake up and stop being glued to that mediocre thing, the problem would already be 99% solved.