Summer is synonymous with festivals, and who doesn’t like to be with their group of friends feeling the music. This year there will be Hundreds of festivals in Spain and getting to them can be much cheaper thanks to the Young Summer. However, either due to the organization of the festival or the behavior of other people, we can all end up having a bad time. It is so The OCU has categorized different types of abuse or scams that occur at festivals. For our part, we will help you prevent possible theft or loss of the most important thing you are going to take to the festival, your iPhone.
This is what the OCU says about abuses at festivals
The Spanish Consumers and Users Organization (OCU) has prepared a study detailing the most common abuses at Spanish festivals. It is good that know what they are to be able to identify them and clearly say that it is an abuse and therefore bad practice.
The first of them is about the famous payment braceletswhich work like cash and allow you to pay for different services. However, they have the obligation to accept cash payments. There are also the abusive commissions that are charged when recharging money on these bracelets/cards. The ideal thing is that you contact the festival or find out if they will accept contactless payments. Thus, You can use your Apple Watch or your iPhone with Apple Pay and you won’t have to carry cash or fear of losing your card.
The second most common is drinking water and Restricted access with outside food or drink. Usually, people are allowed to enter with bottles, but without the cap and, of course, everything is made of plastic. They also criticize the capacity or the distribution of people and related to the access to bathrooms, which are usually only in one location. Getting to them and then returning to where you were is practically impossible.
To better locate your friends, you can use the Find My app or share your location via WhatsApp. In fact, if you and your friends have an iPhone 15, you can enjoy Precision Search. A much more accurate search than will help you find people in a crowdas Apple did in a recent announcement that we leave you below.
The last warning concerns online resale. In this case, Be very careful with ticket scalping both for the price and for the fakes. Try to go to official media and, if there are no tickets left, the OCU recommends ruling out the option of attending the festival to avoid possible problems at the entrance.
How to protect your iPhone and valuables at a festival
If there is one thing worse that can happen to you at a festival, it is that your iPhone or house keys are stolen, For example. To do this, there are different options and configurations that will help you have a perfect festival without scares.
Activate the new anti-theft mode
Since a couple of versions of iOS, there has been a new anti-theft mode that you may not have activated. Apart from helping you locate your iPhone if it is stolen, with the new mode you can prevent them from accessing your iPhone, even if they know the unlock code. To activate it, you just have to go to Settings > Face ID and code > Protection in case the device is stolen.
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 your drink, for example. Dropping your iPhone on the ground can lead to two things: breakage or loss. That’s why we recommend you get a hanging case. There are many on the market today, and this way you’ll have your iPhone secured and ready to record at any time.
An AirTag on your keys, wallet or purse
Carrying an AirTag hanging on your keys can save you from a bad situation. And the same if you carry a bag, backpack, wallet… Never has an object done so much for so little. It has particularly saved me from big scares. From losing my keys an hour before catching a flight to forgetting a backpack in a restaurant.
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