XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: noemail@none.com   
      
   On 1/20/2026 1:39 PM, Maria Sophia wrote:   
   > AJL wrote:   
      
   >>> Unless you're Jeffrey Epstein, they likely want the hardware, not   
   >>> the data.   
   >>   
   >> True. But even then the reason for having a device lock is to make   
   >> wiping it easier than the perp (or new owner) browsing your data   
   >> and then wiping it...   
   >   
   > Well, I don't disagree that adding a pin/password/biometric or other   
   > marketing gimmick is necessary for people "who live in the slums".   
      
   In my last life I took 1000s of burglary reports. The better parts of   
   town were definitely not spared. Not even those living on the mountain   
   sides in their million dollar homes.   
      
   > But I'm not afraid of my wife. I'm not afraid of my family. I'm not   
   > afraid of my friends. I'm not afraid of my neighbors.   
      
   Me neither. If you're burglarized the perps will likely not be from   
   your neighborhood.   
      
   > The amount of times anyone is burglarized is so minuscule   
      
   But I'll bet you have homeowners insurance that covers it.   
      
   > it's something that has to be weighed against the inconvenience of   
   > all this 'security'.   
      
   The insurance of a pin/print is not a great inconvenience IMO. YMMV as   
   always...   
      
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