<story><title>We ran a phone check at a Y Combinator event in SF</title><url>https://blog.getclearspace.com/we-ran-a-phone-check-at-a-ycombinator-event-in-san-francisco-heres-how-it-went-fb920a54c755</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>snowwrestler</author><text>I’m just not inclined to surrender my phone to anyone for any reason. Maybe my sense of security is out of date, but it was drummed into me over years and years that physical access was a big deal.&lt;p&gt;That said, I fully support the idea of being phoneless in personal conversations. I was having lunch earlier this week with someone I hadn’t seen in a long time, and was determined to keep my phone in my pocket. It definitely took some willpower to ignore it when I felt it buzzing a few times.&lt;p&gt;I heavily curate my alerts so I knew these were messages from someone important to me. But sure enough, when I checked them after lunch it was all things that were totally fine to wait for an hour or so. And it was nice to be fully present for lunch.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>version_five</author><text>Working in some (tbh mostly theatrical) high security environments, I&amp;#x27;ve had to surrender my phone before going into a room. In the organizations that do this, they have lock boxes outside the room for this purpose. You lock your phone in and take the key with you. Still requires some trust but better than just leaving it with a couple guys, and is common practice in some places.</text></comment>
<story><title>We ran a phone check at a Y Combinator event in SF</title><url>https://blog.getclearspace.com/we-ran-a-phone-check-at-a-ycombinator-event-in-san-francisco-heres-how-it-went-fb920a54c755</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>snowwrestler</author><text>I’m just not inclined to surrender my phone to anyone for any reason. Maybe my sense of security is out of date, but it was drummed into me over years and years that physical access was a big deal.&lt;p&gt;That said, I fully support the idea of being phoneless in personal conversations. I was having lunch earlier this week with someone I hadn’t seen in a long time, and was determined to keep my phone in my pocket. It definitely took some willpower to ignore it when I felt it buzzing a few times.&lt;p&gt;I heavily curate my alerts so I knew these were messages from someone important to me. But sure enough, when I checked them after lunch it was all things that were totally fine to wait for an hour or so. And it was nice to be fully present for lunch.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mey</author><text>Considering the amount of MFA attached to my phone plus communication access, my phone is a potentially more useful thing to steal than my wallet.  Then again I rarely have cash on hand any more.</text></comment>