Summer is synonymous with festivals, and who doesn’t love being with their group of friends listening to music. This year, there will be hundreds of festivals in USA and access can be much cheaper thanks to Young Summer. However, whether it’s because of the organization of the festival or the behavior of others, we can all end up having a bad time. It’s like that The OCU has classified different types of abuse or the scams that occur at festivals. On our side, we will help you prevent possible theft or loss of the most important item you will bring to the festival, your iPhone.
This is what the OCU says about abuse at festivals
The Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU) of USA has prepared a study detailing the abuses most present in Spanish festivals. That’s good know what they are to be able to identify them and clearly state that this is an abuse and therefore a bad practice.
The first of these concerns the famous payment bracelets, which work like cash and allow you to pay for different services. However, they have the obligation to accept cash payments. There are also abusive commissions that exist when reloading money into these bracelets/cards. Ideally, you should contact the festival or find out if they accept contactless payments. SO, you can use your Apple Watch or iPhone with Apple Pay and you won’t have to carry cash and you won’t be afraid of losing the card.
The second most common is drinking water and restricted access to outside food or drink. In general, bottles are allowed to enter, but without the cap and, of course, all in plastic. They also criticize the capacity or distribution of people and related to the access to toilets, which tend to only be found in one location. Getting to them and then getting back to where you were becomes virtually impossible.
To better locate your friends, you can use the Find app or share your location via WhatsApp. In fact, if you and your friends own an iPhone 15, you can take advantage of precision search. A much more precise search than will help you find people in a crowdas Apple did in a recent announcement that we leave you below.
The final warning concerns online resale. In this case, be very careful when reselling tickets both for the price and for counterfeits. Try to contact the official media and, if there are no more tickets left, the OCU recommends excluding the possibility of attending the festival to avoid possible problems at the entrance.
How to Protect Your iPhone and Valuables at a Festival
If there’s anything worse that can happen to you at a festival, it’s this. your iPhone or house keys are stolenfor example. To do this, there are different options and configurations that will help you have a perfect and surprise-free festival.
Activate the new anti-theft mode
Since a few versions of iOS, there is a new anti-theft mode that you may not have enabled. In addition to helping you locate your iPhone in case of theft, with the new mode, you can prevent them from accessing your iPhone, even if they know the unlock code. To enable it, simply go to Settings > Face ID & passcode > Device theft protection
Use a hanging case
At a festival where there are a lot of people and it is stiflingly hot, you will have few pockets available and you will want to have your hands free at all times to hold, for example, your drink. Dropping the iPhone to the ground can result in two things: breakage or loss. So we recommend getting a hanging case. There are many on the market today, and this way your iPhone will be secure and ready to record at any time.
An AirTag in your keys, wallet or purse
Carrying an AirTag clipped to your keys can save you from a bad situation. And the same if you carry a bag, a backpack, a wallet… Never has an object done so much for so little.. This particularly saved me from major scares. From losing my keys an hour before boarding a flight to forgetting a backpack in a restaurant.
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