Except unlocking decrypts the device (generally). Unlocking a suitcase (your other example) doesn't make documents readable.

The fact is, phones should be able to be wiped before travel and having a quick restore option that brings everything back 100% once you're past customs. There is no border restriction or inspection (encrypted) on transferring the same data over the Internet - even if it crosses borders. So why should it apply to the physical phone?

If you had a coded paper letter in your suitcase, they can look at it, but they can't force you to tell them what it means.

Electronic bits aren't physical. But if you argue that they are, they are encrypted and that's the end of it. That really is a key difference. You can physically inspect an encrypted hard drive all day long but it doesn't do any good.

Have you tried writing your GUI in Visual Basic?

Actually, Red Dwarf spoofed this one better (jump ahead 20 seconds for the better part):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Maybe that's more of a progress indicator to show the program hasn't frozen yet. The reality is that such a lookup would be faster than that, since the analyzed facial data points would already be cataloged.

It's nothing compared to password cracking software solving a password one letter at a time.

I think CSI already knows this.

I'd say you got it nearly entirely wrong.

It's more of a TV trope:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmw...
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/dis...

I don't think anyone's suggesting it's reality anywhere but TV/media.

Why stop with one?

Killjoy. People like you suck the fun out of everything.

Which carries over to the idea of a 3D printed Penis with more girth and length. That should sell.

Fortunately for me your opinion doesn't matter. And I think I'm at least as hot as Denise Richards. :)

Well that's why we have juries. If someone feels he stepped over the line they can sue. I'd bet money he'd have a better chance with a counter suit.

Even if your phone was x86, are you really going to get Win16 and 64-bit apps to run on the same device?

No, no. Don't you get it? It's the old joke - because 7 8 9.