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What happens if your phone gets stolen?
by chunsaker 14y ago
What happens if your phone gets stolen?
- kdude63 14y agoThen wouldn't that be the user's fault/problem?
- chunsaker 14y agoSure, but designing around the inherent riskiness of user behavior/forgetfulness is an important part of security systems. Users want to be protected, not for blame to be shifted to them.
- mistercow 14y agoThen one user's password gets stolen, as opposed to thousands.
- chunsaker 14y agoYes, it certainly mitigates the scale of a potential breach and I like that the reduced scale/potential value makes it a less attractive target to hackers (assuming the server side is also built in a secure way). I havent investigated, but it makes me nervous to think that if my phone is stolen, the thief gets my data too.
- dasil003 14y ago0.0000014286% of the damage that happens when Sony's database gets hacked (assuming equal payload).
- dmix 14y agoAs a consumer though, I could change my password on a server if it gets stolen. But how would I reset it after my phone was stolen if authentication is all stored client side?
- freehunter 14y agoUse a PIN, and if possible, encrypt your phone. It won't completely mitigate the risk, but it will reduce your surface area.