All of those things are possibilities with any phone. If you're not prepared for the loss/damage/failure of your phone that's on you.

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grahamburger 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Definitely a good idea to plan on this at all times. In my case this looks like:

* All photos auto upload to Google photos

* All other important files are in a syncthing folder with at least two other devices (laptop+desktop)

* 2fa in Authy with cloud-sync

* Passwords on Firefox sync

* Google Fi is my carrier, and pulls eSIM when I log in to the app even without my old phone

* Google voice number is my main phone number. I don't lose access to incoming or outgoing sms or voice calls if I lose my phone.

In a pinch, I can buy a cheap prepaid phone and sim while traveling and be fully functional and reachable. I've had to do this before, and while I probably wouldn't go to the trouble for work, I feel compelled to be at least reachable for family.

I've thought about de-googling this further; photos could go straight into syncthing and I could port my # to a generic SIP provider that offers SMS. So far neither have seemed quite worth the trouble.

I've always felt very uncomfortable treating my phone as anything other than a rather overpowered thin-client.

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SoftTalker 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

One flaw in that is that Google Voice or other VOIP provider numbers are often rejected for 2FA or account validation.

	▲	grahamburger 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Sometimes, yes, but not that often IME. Maybe 10-15% of the time.

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mattwad 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I recommend you get off Authy - they don't have a browser extension or a desktop client, and surprise they don't have a way to export your codes either. I had to send them a GDPR data request, and then Claude decrypted the csv file they sent. I now use Ente and it's so nice having 2fa inside a browser extension. I can also export the secrets at will.

	▲	__aru 20 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Keepass is also a good alternative to Authy, caveat being you need some way to sync the db file between devices. I personally use Keepass for 2FA, Bitwarden for passwords. It's worked great for me so far, and I expect to stay with this setup for the foreseeable future.

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someonebaggy 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They are stronger possibilities once you know they are going to happen eventually, not just that they could theoretically happen.

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hbn 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes but I don't want my phone to be lost or destroyed or stolen. So using a phone that will likely fail until it does so is not taking preventative measures.