[icon-discuss] Re: Interesting Idea
- From: Michael McCarty <mmccarty@xxxxxxx>
- To: "icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:11:52 -0400
One thing to remember, especially for the Braille+ is that we sell these to
schools for student use. I'd hate to be the tech who had to fool with passwords
and all the changes kids could make to the various units, what a headache!
Having been in computer repair and recycling, I can tell you that one of the
most aggravating aspect of customer service and tech support is the
introduction of a password on the CMOS or operating system of a computer.
People tend to forget their passwords, or enter spaces or other symbols that
are impossible to guess. I know that's the purpose of a password, but when
someone tells you that the password is dog and they leave off the fact that
they put a tilda at the end, it can really be aggravating. We used to throw
entire motherboards away because we couldn't get into the CMOS because of a
password.
Now, I'm not saying that your idea is a bad one, what I might ask is could we
password protect a folder or group of folders instead of the entire system?
From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rob Lambert
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 11:14 PM
To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [icon-discuss] Interesting Idea
I just thought of an interesting idea for a future release. For those of you
who have owned Pocket PC devices or PACmates, you will be familiar with this,
but for those who don't I should explain. In the Pocket PC environment you get
the opportunity to password-protect your device. In the case of Mobile Speak
Pocket, there are even some devices with finger print scanners. If your device
is stolen, you can have it set so that if the thief has 3 failed password
attempts, the unit will excecute a hard reset and wipe everything as a
protective measure. I was thinking about something similar for the Icon. To
make it even more complexing for the thief, however, and less likely to try it
in the first place, I think the password should be limited to thumb braille
only. Any thoughts on this?
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