XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   XPost: alt.privacy   
   From: noemail@none.com   
      
   On 7/2/2024 9:43 AM, Andrew wrote:   
   > AJL wrote on Tue, 2 Jul 2024 09:24:41 -0700 :   
      
   >> Here in the big city home burglaries happen. My neighbor lost all   
   >> his electronics in one. A home computer's passwords (pins in my   
   >> case) are all that stand between my data and the perp. Granted   
   >> most stolen electronics are likely wiped before resale but still   
   >> one never knows...   
      
   > Even if your computer or phone is stolen, all they get is the   
   > device.   
      
   The only thing that stands between most folks Android phone's unlocked   
   Google data is the lock screen.   
      
   > Nobody who knows computers has sensitive data stored in the clear on   
   > them.   
      
   Agreed. My sensitive data requires 2 passwords/pins. One for the lock   
   screen and one for the sensitive app.   
      
   > It's a standing joke that people who put biometric gimmicks on their   
   > phones   
      
   I never could get my lock screen fingerprint to work the first time. I   
   found that I could more easily enter a pin in a few seconds.   
      
   > & computers must live in the slums - but it's not supposed to be   
   > literal.   
      
   Burglaries happen everywhere. In both good and bad parts of town.   
      
   > Putting locks like that on a *personal* home desktop computer or   
   > phone is like welding bars across your windows & blocking the doors   
   > with furniture.   
      
   As I said I get a 2 second lock screen entry. Not all that terrible...   
      
   > If people can't trust their own spouse and children around their   
   > personal desktop computers, then I feel sorry for them. I really do.   
   > It's sad.   
      
   My wife knows my pins/passwords in case I croak.   
      
   > "I feel sorry for those who can't trust anyone"   
      
   I do trust some folks. But I still lock my house, car, and electronics...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)