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Why do you not want to use your face? And I don't think the lack of a home button changes whether or not you have to use a passcode. I haven't seen anything to indicate that the new iPhones can't be passcodeless (though I don't want to clear my FaceID data to test this). Just swipe up to unlock.
Thanks for this! I'll go to the Apple store and test it.
Aaaaaaand that's why these things aren't allowed in the SCIFs.
Bringing the phones into the "secure" CIF was just the icing on the cake of a straightforward attempt to disrupt the inquiry. It's a bit of direct action, almost like a sit-in. Presumably it's a crime, but not the sort that anyone is likely to be charged with if they have power.
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Truly awful take. Enough with the "both sides" nonsense. One side is objectively bad. Even accidentally taking electronics into a SCIF can be grounds for losing ones security clearance and getting in major trouble. These people planned it, and executed that plan, for a publicity stunt. Enough has been said about why it wasn't necessary in any way for them to act like this, so I won't go into it, see other responses t…
I feel like HN is becoming more explicitly political and I think that this is a poor direction for the site to move.
So who is that? I'm not up on my random member of congress identification skills.
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Bringing the phones into the "secure" CIF was just the icing on the cake of a straightforward attempt to disrupt the inquiry. It's a bit of direct action, almost like a sit-in. Presumably it's a crime, but not the sort that anyone is likely to be charged with if they have power.
Nothing classified was being discussed in the SCIF during that hearing according to a statement by one of the congressmen.
I'd get in trouble breaking into the Oval Office even if they put all the secret papers away.
I always thought that Android's 3x3 dot pattern draw password thing was superior against these type of over the shoulder attack, as long as you turn off the tracing effect. Without tracing and if you do it quickly, it just looks like you’re dragging your thumb randomly all over the phone.
Is there a reason why the numbers aren't scrambled? This way you at least wouldn't be able to tell the password unless you saw the actual numbers.
If the numbers were scrambled, I'd have to pick a new system to select a password.
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I'm hoping they've implemented some form of localized EMP that you have to pass through now to leave, because large storage is so incredibly small now that it would be impossible to discern it from articles of clothing. The "hard" part is really just getting the data off the computer in the first place, which is probably why they don't allow bringing in technology anymore. I wonder how much of a micro computer could…
The "localised EMP" you mention could simply be a low power microwave oven of same type we have in our kitchens you have to walk through. Waves of that frequency would not harm a person if they were fairly low power, but it would mess up every bit of non-metal-shielded electronics. If you want to destroy a piece of electronics quickly put it in a microwave oven and hit start (also don't expect to eat from that oven l…
So a bad actor would shield them? The primary countermeasure to incredibly small storage is minimizing the availability of devices that could write them on site. That microSD hidden in a nostril won't be of much use if the attacker does not find anything to plug it.
(regarding OP's story: I was kind of expecting it to end with the spaceballs password in heavy use behind all that physical security, still kind of disappointed/relieved)
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The "localised EMP" you mention could simply be a low power microwave oven of same type we have in our kitchens you have to walk through. Waves of that frequency would not harm a person if they were fairly low power, but it would mess up every bit of non-metal-shielded electronics. If you want to destroy a piece of electronics quickly put it in a microwave oven and hit start (also don't expect to eat from that oven l…
Remember to switch it off if you invite Dick Cheney in for a visit, though. Frying his pacemaker would be a bit of a PR hit.
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How do all the people you communicate with via email, text, etc., feel about their contact information and messages with you being so easily accessible? Securing your devices isn't just about you...
They're absolutely fine with it. Contact information isn't secret.
Also, while it might not be too difficult for someone to figure out my phone number and/or email address from my name, it's not like there's a public directory of either. "Not secret" does not should not equal "public".