That's why I have my webcams taped over when not in use. Who's crazy now??1!?

Does your mother know you're an idiot?

Yeah, I'm pretty awesome. And you can call me Sir.

How many times have you been attacked by ninjas?

I came here to say this. I'll add Ramachandran's book to the above post, Phantoms in the Brain.

That was a really insightful argument. I particularly like your cited evidence and well-thought out conclusion. Thanks for making slashdot great!

I hope they at least did the needful.

I get you. At the login screen, they get a handful of attempts, perhaps 3 or 5. They would have to rip out the hard drive or perform some other similarly complex feat to bypass it, and discover it is encrypted. With sufficient processing power, someone could brute force it, or find another way in. I assume the NSA, FBI, or other over-funded govt agency will be able to eventually get in, hopefully with at least a little effort. For all the other people who will come into contact with it (kids, wife, gf, etc), I hope to keep them out.

Soylent's layout leaves a little to be desired, but they're working on it and open to feedback from the community, unlike *ahem* certain other websites. And it could have a better name, no doubt. Your inbox will shows acheivements (whatevs), moderations (again, whatevs), and replies. It's not bad. And the excitement of being part of something new and wonderful makes up for the layout and color scheme.

Perhaps I'm just exposing my ignorance, but the phone locks me out after I believe 3 tries, so how would you brute force it? It's also 6-20 alphanumeric digits, so any combination of letters or numbers, case-sensitive. I happen to have mine set to the minimum of 6, which I calculate to almost 57 billion possibilities. But brute forcing a 20 digit alphanumeric PIN shouldn't be trivially easy. I would probably give up the PIN in less time being beaten with a $5 wrench. I just don't to make it too easy for someone to get my stuff.

BTW, I recommend soylentnews.org if you're unhappy with slashdot's potential future. I'm the same name over there in case you want to stalk me.

It's a 6-digit number for Android phones, so not that big a deal to protect your privacy. Plus, you can put your name and contact info on the lock screen if they want to return it.

My phone has full disk encryption and a real PIN. If someone finds your phone and can flip through the contact list, something has gone terribly wrong.

Rule 34. No Exceptions.

Well, when we have 40 different OSs from which to choose, then we might have that problem. Right now, we don't even have 4 viable candidates, so adding Sailfish to the mix can only help.

The TSA is not responsible for "catching" terrorists. They are not an investigative agency.

The TSA is as resposible for "catching" terrorists as the deadbolt lock on your door is for catching burglars. TSA is not an investigative agency. They prevent dangerous articles from being carried on planes (among other things), and stop thousands of such items every week. I'm not a fan of TSA, but at least criticize them for applicable things.