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Comment by mikewarot | Hacker News Reader

Why do people need smart phones, really? The only time they come in handy is for driving directions.

It turns out my Samsung candy bar phone with no camera, GPS and internet leads the way in security.

Why do people need computers, really? A smart phone is a small portable computer with a phone built in. Maps is one of the types of apps that most people use but it's not the only one. Email, social media, text messaging, note taking, audio and video recording, a camera, a compass, pedometer, access to cloud file storage, reading apps like nook or kindle are a few of the apps that I use regularly on my phone in places where a laptop or even a tablet wouldn't be inconvenient or impossible.

I've given some serious thought to going back to a dumb phone and a separate navigation device in the car, but I don't know if a stand-alone comsumer GPS with maps and turn-by-turn navigation is something you can even buy anymore, since 99% of people use their phones for that now.

Here's some

https://www.tomtom.com/en_us/navigation/car-gps/

You could use your current phone for maps in the car, and a new dumb phone for calls. Of course, then you're paying for 2 phones.

You must work at my company’s cyber security team. They’re convinced that the safest stuff is when that stuff is never allowed to exist in the first place. Which is probably true but in my opinion misses the point.

Why stop there? You can't get hacked if you don't have electricity.

Why do people need electricity, really? The only time they come in handy is for charging your phone so you can get driving directions, or hacked.

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