home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   comp.mobile.android      Discussion about Android-based devices      236,147 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 235,049 of 236,147   
   Chris Green to Java Jive   
   Re: Can't reach files on my smartphone a   
   05 Dec 25 17:52:42   
   
   From: cl@isbd.net   
      
   Java Jive  wrote:   
   > On 2025-12-05 16:44, croy wrote:   
   > >   
   > > I'm   
   > > assuming that a security hole was plugged, and if that is correct, I like   
   > > it.   
   > I fail to see how this could have plugged any security hole!  Before and   
   > now, in both cases you have to have possession of the phone and the   
   > matching fingerprint/PIN/ugly mug/whatever to log into it, so the new   
   > rigmarole is not discernibly more secure than the old, it's just a   
   > ritual bloody nuisance.   
   >   
   Exactly! If someone has your phone in their hands then all files are   
   accessible, the only possible protection is encryption.   
      
   --   
   Chris Green   
   Ā·   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca