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Re: Can't reach files on my smartphone anymore

From Chris Green <cl@isbd.net>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: Can't reach files on my smartphone anymore
Date 2025-12-06 17:43 +0000
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Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
> Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> wrote:
> > Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> wrote:
> > > On 2025-12-05 16:44, croy wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > I'm
> > > > assuming that a security hole was plugged, and if that is correct, I like
> > > > it.
> > > I fail to see how this could have plugged any security hole!  Before and 
> > > now, in both cases you have to have possession of the phone and the 
> > > matching fingerprint/PIN/ugly mug/whatever to log into it, so the new 
> > > rigmarole is not discernibly more secure than the old, it's just a 
> > > ritual bloody nuisance.
> > > 
> > Exactly! If someone has your phone in their hands then all files are
> > accessible, the only possible protection is encryption.
> 
>   If the phone is (screen) locked, you can't do anything, that's the
> whole point of locking a phone.

If it's in my hands I can simply take it apart and access the memory.
It's only the same as accessing a disk drive on an 'ordinary' computer.

-- 
Chris Green
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