Your cell phone is a minicomputer that contains a gazillion bytes of data: your financial information, hundreds of photos, your browsing history, the telephone numbers of the most important people in your life, your dating profile … If a biographer unlocked your phone, he may not need to do any other research.
But even if your phone is locked, we can tell a lot about you just by looking at your lock screen. Out of the tons of pics that are stored in our phone, we can choose only one image, so naturally the shot that we select holds a lot of meaning.
I’m a misanthrope, it should come as no surprise that my pooch Princess graces my lock screen. When I pick up my phone, I want a face expressing love, empathy and loyalty looking back at me.
People usually select a photo of the person they love the most, whether it’s a lover, spouse, grandchild, parent or pet.
Donald Trump’s locked phone was seen face-up on a table during a photo-op, and it should come as no surprise to anyone that his lock screen photo is a picture of himself.
Trump is a sociopath who is incapable of empathy or loving anyone else, he loves only himself and it’s fitting that he chose an image of himself.
Voters would be well-advised to keep this in mind on election day.
