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Small-Scale Question Sunday for October 15, 2023

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Point of curiosity - how many people do not carry some sort of smartphone with them basically everywhere they go? Trying to focus on either you personally or somebody you personally know, not just speculating.

Two. An artist in her 30's with a flip phone, she's opposed to smartphones on principle. I respect it, though wonder if she has paper maps or something for when she travels. There's a woman at my work with no cell phone at all and she has effectively called the bluff of the corporation on mandatory MFA, but they've also kind of called hers because afaik she can't access our corporate intranet. Every once in a while it flares up a dozen people get CC'd, IT rejects the request for a mobile device to be purchased and assigned, etc. Such a waste of time. I actually haven't heard of it recently so maybe management wised up and found a way to structure a reimbursement in such a way that they could sneak a burner phone from best buy onto that monday's bagel run.