Phone address books

[squirmelia]

Just wondering about how many people actually bother syncing the contact list on their smart phone with their computers.
[Poll #1858057]

Comments

[kevandotorg.livejournal.com]

I'm probably being a bit sentimental and 20th century, but I remain a little baffled by the idea that I would want a small, vulnerable device to be permanently logged in to my primary email address.

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

Indeed. I should probably think more carefully about the security on mine.

[psych0naut.livejournal.com]

How does one "permanently log in" to an e-mail address?

[kevandotorg.livejournal.com]

Unless I've misunderstood it, or if my phone model was a quirk, Android phones insist on a Gmail address when you first activate them, and the email app remains connected to it, alerting you to incoming messages. There doesn't seem to be a way to password lock it - anybody picking up your phone can, if the screen's not locked or if they can get past that, just open the email app to start using your email account.

I know "physical object" isn't a bad line of security, and I also carry around a small piece of jagged metal that unlocks the building I keep all my stuff in, but this bothered me enough to use a secondary account and just check Gmail through the phone's browser.