[javierbyte]

If your phone is broken you don't always have the option to do that.

[nytesky]

Won't iCloud lost mode and remote erase mostly accomplish that? Not sure how many photos are cached on the phone in off-line mode, but that would remove icloud photo access at least.

[michaelt]

Fine advice if you already had your phone entirely backed up before it broke.

But if your phone's broken and you know you don't have complete backups, I can understand being hesitant to hit the remote wipe button.

[kergonath]

Yeah, regular backups is a must.