Hi Jeremy and all, Around fifteen years ago now, someone at Microsoft wrote something he called the ten immutable laws of security https://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc722487.aspx The whole thing is worth reading, but one of the laws or more accurately descriptions, says:
Law #3: If a bad guy has unrestricted physical access to your computer, it's not your computer anymore A smartphone is nothing more or less than a computer. The passcode/fingerprint is simply security theatre, it makes things look secure and may be secure against someone who doesn't have Google, but it is not secure in fact. Once the phone is in the hands of someone who wants and is willing to bypass the security, nothing is secure in fact, it only depends on how much trouble the attacker is willing to go to. As to this particular method of attack, the user can simply make sure Siri doesn't work on the lock screen. Again, though, it doesn't much matter, there are other methods. Keep your phone with you and, in most cases, you need not worry about physical access without your knowing about it. This is one of the reasons why I have no passcode on my phone, it offers very little extra security but does offer an inconvenience when I want to unlock the phone. I do not keep any secure data on my phone, any data that I object to the public having access to, simply because the chance of theft is too high and, as we see, the passcode is not of much use. Aman -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
