[benvanderbeek]

Privacy is important. But why not just avoid keeping weird stuff on your phone? Keep it somewhere else. Or say, "hold on let me log out of my bank app" or something.

[pavel_lishin]

> But why not just avoid keeping weird stuff on your phone? Keep it somewhere else.

My girlfriend texting me about medical issues isn't "weird", but I still don't want my mom to read it if I happen to hand him my phone for a few minutes.

My mom emailing me photos of my childhood self taking a bath isn't weird, but I wouldn't want my friends to see them.

My friend asking me if I'll be showing up to the Atheist Association meetup isn't weird, but I wouldn't necessarily want my boss to see the message.

[sambeau]

My friend asking me if I'll be showing up to the Atheist Association meetup isn't weird, but I wouldn't necessarily want my boss to see the message.

Wow. I'm glad I don't live in a country where that would even be an issue. It would never occur to me as something anyone would need to be private in any country(until now).

(Or do you work for a fundamentalist religious organisation?)

[pavel_lishin]

That was actually hypothetical - none of my current or past bosses would care. We did have a lot of religious clients at my old job, but they probably wouldn't care, either.

There are, however, places where it would definitely lead to a change in the work environment.

> It would never occur to me as something anyone would need to be private in any country

Even in countries ostensibly ruled by sharia law?

[jiggy2011]

Being from the UK the whole idea of having an atheist organisation seems a little odd. Most people are technically christian but don't go to church and their beleif is fairly skin deep.

Religious apathy is sort of the default and religion doesn't really dictate public policy very much so having an atheist society would be a bit like having a society for heterosexual people.

Are atheists really marginalized enough in the US that it becomes necessary to band together?

[jiggy2011]

not sure why the downvotes here?

[pavel_lishin]

I didn't up- or down-vote, but probably because the conversation is rapidly heading off-topic.

[forensic]

>keep it somewhere else

Where? Keep my naked girlfriend pics in a recipe box? Wtf are you even saying?

I'd rather not turn into a dull prude just because apple is too lazy to implement a guest account on their unix OS.

I'm trying to imagine how dull and colorless your life must be. I took the pictures with my phone. The obvious place to keep them is on my phone.

[benvanderbeek]

So the civil answer to my question "why not just avoid keeping weird stuff on your phone?"

is: "I keep naked girlfriend pics on my iPhone. I don't think that's weird, but I don't want someone to see them."

I see your point. I apologize for using the word "weird." I assume that's what the downvotes were for.

[forensic]

Civil answers are overrated. I'm really sick of corporate leaders (e.g. You) telling me I should change my life to suit them. Their job is to accommodate the customer regardless of how weird my hobbies may be.

[benvanderbeek]

"corporate leaders (e.g. You)"

I'm honored, and confused, that you would consider me a corporate leader.

Like I said, I see your point. And if you look at my comment, it was in the form of a question, not an imperative.

[TechNewb]

There is an app for that. :) Seriously. But agreed, a guest account for iOS would be awesome.

[kennu]

"Hold on, let me log out of my Facebook app, my Messenger app, my Twitter app, my WhatsApp app, my Path app, my Yammer app, my LinkedIn app, my Evernote app, ... And disable all my email accounts and iMessage and clear my text messages and web history. Here you go."

[TechNewb]

Because the 'phone' is just a small subset of my iPhone. I would be curious to see my most used apps, but I imagine the phone app would be about an 11, with skype at 10.

[viraptor]

My bank sends me summary of my account every once in a while. I don't want a random person to see it pop up.