XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   XPost: alt.os.linux   
   From: andrew@spam.net   
      
   AJL wrote on Tue, 2 Jul 2024 09:24:41 -0700 :   
      
   >> (I never understood why people set a password on a home computer.)   
   >   
   > 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.   
   Nobody who knows computers has sensitive data stored in the clear on them.   
      
   Besides... MARKETING is who is telling people they need to lock it all up.   
   (There are reasons for why MARKETING wants this - but that's a long story.)   
      
   It's a standing joke that people who put biometric gimmicks on their phones   
   & computers must live in the slums - but it's not supposed to be literal.   
      
   Putting locks like that on a *personal* home desktop computer or phone is   
   like welding bars across your windows & blocking the doors with furniture.   
      
   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.   
      
   I should change my slogan from "People who lock computers live in the   
   slums", to something like "I feel sorry for those who can't trust anyone".   
      
   Note though that a *corporate* computer is different, and also note that   
   only a fool stores his private data unencrypted on his own desktop PC.   
      
   Also note nobody allows the login/password to be stored, in the clear, and   
   saved for things like banking (which is simply an indication of ignorance).   
      
   In summary, it's my educated assessment that people who use passwords (and   
   biometric gimmicks) on *personal* computing devices - don't know how to use   
   computers effectively (or, they don't trust their closest companions, which   
   is even worse than ignorance).   
      
   Having said that, I'm well aware that most people don't know how to use   
   computers & hence that's why they lock iron bars all around their devices.   
      
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