But somewhat less for bagels and avocados. 
Or as a corollary, the person we hear leaves so little of a break between their lines that there is no way it could be a real conversation.
Ha! Accurate!
Al Pacino as LAPD Lt. Vincent Hanna in Heat. He never, ever says “Good-bye” at the end of a phone call. He also doesn’t ever say anything like “over” or “out” at the end of a radio communication. (I think that’s actually a deliberate character trait for that particular character, though, to show what an intense, driven, hard-charging, kind-of-an-asshole guy he is. Everyone else in the LAPD probably bitches about it all the time when he’s not around.)
I don’t remember if this phone-related item has already been mentioned, but people pick up someone else’s cell phone–and simply start browsing the contents. No password, no biometric lock, nothing.
Especially dumb because the Fiancée’s Friend who picked up the phone has immediately seen compromising photos of Future Groom and his kid’s teacher, and another ten seconds brings up dozens of booty call texts between them.
Are border crossing guards at the entrance to villainous countries incompetent in real life? Somehow I am thinking disguised or hidden people are likely IRL to be caught. When the guards look at the phony ID and “papers” with the flashlight, wouldn’t they be able to still find something amiss? And shootouts would not end well for those attempting to enter, would they?
They seem to be largely incompetent at the entrance to friendly countries: I see no reason why villainous countries should be different.
A few years back, I was detained temporarily at the Russian border twice because of a tiny smudge on my visa (their fault, not mine; it was issued that way). They were very polite about it, and it only took a few minutes to verify my status on their computerized network. They let me through without any more fuss, and one of the guards (a woman) even joked about the smudge with me.
I’ve actually had more hassle coming and going to Canada because I do it so frequently. They always want to know why I plan on staying for so long (150–180 days). It’s because my daughter lives here, duh!
Have you ever played the game Papers, Please? If not, I highly recommend it - it’s a great game and surprisingly insightful into how stuff like this can happen, too.
That actually does occur in real life.
I’m part of the store that runs the lost and found, the part where we keep things like wallets and phones under lock and key as valuables. Not everyone keeps their phone locked, which is good if it winds up with us because we will try to contact someone to tell the owner where their phone is and reunite them. Sometimes a lot phone will ring and if we can answer we will and let the other person know where the phone is so, again, the owner can get it back.
Then we have the phones we can’t get into, that won’t let us answer a call, they just sit there until the power runs out and eventually are destroyed in acordance with our “can’t keep everything forever because we’d run out of room” policy because we have no way to locate an owner and no one ever comes to claim them. It’s rather sad.
Not everyone keeps sensitive information on their phone. Not everyone locks it.
As of four years ago, a quarter of people polled said they don’t lock their phones at all.
Yup. That’s me. My phone is a, well, a phone. I will text on it but totally innocuous stuff like “Do you need anything from the store”
I do read on it too. Nice having a book where ever you go.
And nothing at all untoward can be done by having free access to someone’s “just a phone”!
There are also features that keep it unlocked when you have it on your person, in your house, etc.
Do you know if these features are available on the iPhone? I can’t find them.
I Googled a bit, and it does not appear so. If it makes you feel any better, it doesn’t always work the way it’s supposed to on my Pixel.
There’s no iPhone geofence unlock, but iOS14.5 will have an Apple Watch iPhone unlock:
Not just ZIV. DesertRoomie were watching an episode of The Lone Ranger where this young man’s girl had gone missing. The masked man and the kid see her father who refuses to help them. “I don’t want her marrying the likes of you.”
“Please! You gotta help! I love her!”
“Okay, well, the last time I saw her…”
I said, “Man he caved in a hurry,” to which DR replied, “They got only a half hour.”