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What to Do if Your Phone Is Stolen or Lost — VOA Learning English

Article · Language: English · Level: hard · Author: VOA Learning English · ≈ 7 min · 1008 words

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What to Do if Your Phone Is Stolen or Lost

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Phones hold so much of our digital lives — emails, social media and bank accounts, photos and more.

As a result, if our phones ever get stolen or lost, we can face major problems.

In some places, phone thefts have increased. Britain, for example, has some 200 phones stolen every day in “snatch thefts” - when a person steals a phone in a public place, sometimes right out of an owner’s hand, and escapes quickly.

The government has promised to take steps against the crime and is meeting with technology companies and device makers to come up with solutions.

Here are steps you can take before and after your phone goes missing.

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Source: learningenglish.voanews.com/a/what-to-do-if-your-phone-is-stolen-or-lost-/781945

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