Comment Re:To be honest, I'm not against this. (Score 1) 271
Suppose they could just charge a monthly access fee like Microsoft does for Live on the PS4 and they won't have to do this anymore.
It seems like this would work on any phone, in principle. If you're using a 4-digit numeric password to protect your phone, any kind of phone, yeah, somebody's eventually going to crack it in a non-end-of-the-universe timeframe
On Android if you get your code wrong a certain numbers of times it will require you to log back into your google account to prove ownership. While a useful feature by design, it's incredibly frustrating if it happens when you are in an area with no data coverage (or roaming) and you can't get back into your phone.
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.