Few comments after reading Wiki

[Steven **]

On 5/16/07, Ian Stirling <openmoko at mauve.plus.com> 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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