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While the adage "physical access == game over" is definitely true, it's a bit less useful now as more & more devices are portable. Previously, physical access
by 5hoom 15y ago
While the adage "physical access == game over" is definitely true, it's a bit less useful now as more & more devices are portable.
Previously, physical access meant someone broke in or fraudulently gained entry to a room where your pc/server lives. Nowadays it means someone grabbed your tablet/smartphone for a minute while you are in the bathroom.
- JoshTriplett 15y agoWhy would you leave your electronics out while you're in the bathroom? Especially a smartphone---you can just put that in your pocket.
- DallaRosa 15y agoSure. Try putting the ipad in your pocket.
- X-Istence 15y agoI have never left my iPad lying anywhere, unless it is with friends, and I am not too worried about them getting a peek at my home screen, or my email...
- nodata 15y agoIt's not a binary decision. Your e-mail is the key to your entire online (offline too?) identity. I trust my friends but I wouldn't give all of them "me-level" access to my entire life.
- veidr 15y agoI have never left my iPad lying anywhere but the bathroom. (That's the only place I find it actually useful.)
- Marwy 15y agoBut there's this little thing called privacy.