On 5/16/07, Ian Stirling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Raphaël Jacquot wrote: > Ian Stirling wrote: > >> >> This is _not_ DRM that stops the owner of the phone doing stuff. >> >> It's DRM that stops users of the phone that may or may not be >> authorised users from doing stuff. >> >> Think of it as a BIOS password on steroids. > > DRM never worked, and never will. it's a fact of life, get over it. > It's not DRM. It's a BIOS password, which doesn't let you flash it without the password. Without it, any employee/pervert that wants to drop a logger on your childs phone can do whatever they want to any Neo phone with a minute or so alone with it.
Suddenly it's about the children and not about spying on your employees? How convenient... Anyone given a few minutes alone with your phone could do whatever they wanted to it. The number one rule of computer security: prevent physical access. With physical access, you can accomplish pretty much anything! -Steven
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