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Encrypt Your Smartphone — Or Else 304

Posted by timothy on Tuesday January 18, 2011 @09:20PM from the red-phone-repeat-red-phone dept.

pin0chet writes "Modern smartphones contain ever-increasing volumes of our private personal data — from text messages to images to emails — yet many smartphone security features can easily be circumvented by thieves or police officers equipped with off-the-shelf forensics equipment. Worse, thanks to a recent California Supreme Court ruling, police officers may be able to search your smartphone for hours without a warrant if you're arrested for any reason. Ars Technica has an article exploring the legal issues surrounding cell phone searches and explaining how you can safeguard your smartphone from the prying eyes of law enforcement officers."

Auto Incorrect 86

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday January 18, 2011 @06:19PM from the slip-of-the-finger dept.

theodp writes "Combine smartphone auto correction and fat-fingered virtual keyboard typing, writes Rob Walker, and the results can be hilarious and even shocking. The website Damn You, Autocorrect collects the awesomely embarrassing text messages that you never meant to send. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to masturbate some chicken for bisexuals night!"

Comment Re:Design first, or refactor? Re:Origins of XP (Score 1) 192

by grydholt on Tuesday January 28, 2003 @06:25AM (#5173192) Attached to: Why We Refactored JUnit

I have never used XP in real life, since most of the projects I have worked with have been either been waterfall or lacked an active customer input in the XP sense.

However, I have read a few XP books. The authors normally stress that XP can not be applied to all kinds of projects. One such kind is certainly life critical applications.

In 'Agile Software Development', Alistair Cockburn states that all agile methodlogies should be applied with extreme care if at all when it comes to life critical applications.

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